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Interception of Communications

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Briefing: Controlling the UK's Private Intelligence Industry

New briefing details the growth of the private intelligence industry in the UK and what needs to be done about it.

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UK mass interception laws violates human rights and the fight continues...

On 25 May 2021, a Grand Chamber judgment against the UK broke new ground in the regulation of bulk interception capabilities requiring enhanced safeguards to protect the rights to privacy and freedom of expression against abuse. It is a complex judgment with lights and shades, and the fight against mass surveillance is not over. Find here our initial take on the judgment and what comes next.

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Defenders Coalition: Impact of Communication Surveillance on HRDs in Kenya

The Defenders Coalition has undertaken a survey of HRDs across Kenya to understand their level of exposure and their perception of communication surveillance.

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News

19th August 2021

Afghanistan: What Now After Two Decades of Building Data-Intensive Systems?

3rd September 2020

PI’s statement on the ECtHR decision in Privacy International v. UK

16th September 2019

Bulk surveillance is unlawful, says the High Court of South Africa

29th May 2019

Ghosts in Your Machine: Spooks Want Secret Access to Encrypted Messages

12th April 2018

El EPU de Colombia es una oportunidad para avanzar en el respecto del derecho a la intimidad

12th April 2018

Colombia’s UPR is an opportunity to improve the protection of the right to privacy

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Examples of Abuse

Want to know how this translate in the real world? Here is the latest example in the news.

Did Mexico Drop $5 Million On This 'Unlimited' Uber-Stealth Spy Tech?

Mexico is one of the biggest buyers of next-generation surveillance technology. And now data leaked to Forbes indicates it's taken an unprecedented step in becoming the first-known buyer of surveillance technology that silently spies on calls, text messages and locations of any mobile phone user
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Privacy International’s submission for the UN report on the right to privacy in the digital age

Despite repeated recommendations by the UN Human Rights Council and the UN General Assembly to review, amend or enact national laws to ensure respect and protection of the right to privacy, national laws are often inadequate and do not regulate, limit or prohibit surveillance powers of government agencies as well as data exploitative practices of companies.


Even when laws are in place, they are seldom enforced. In fact PI notes how it is often only following legal challenges in national or regional courts that governments are forced to act. This is not a sustainable position: CSOs, journalists, and human rights defenders often do not have the capacity (or legal standing) to challenge governments or companies’ actions, they may face threats if they so (including of the same unlawful surveillance that they are challenging) and in many jurisdictions there are no independent avenues of effective redress.

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