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Reports and Analysis

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Covid Contact tracing apps are a complicated mess: what you need to know

As Governments, Apple and Google compete in proximity tracing, here’s our take on building tech in times of crisis.

Report

Fintech: Privacy and Identity In the New Data-Intensive Financial Sector

Financial services are changing, with technology being a key driver. It is affecting the nature of financial services, from credit and lending through to insurance, and even the future of money itself. The field of fintech is where the attention and investment is flowing. Within it, new sources of

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Guide to International Law and Surveillance (2.0)

This guide covers an array of topics, including the legality of mass surveillance operations, the law surrounding data retention, the extraterritorial application of human rights law and digital surveillance, and the international law on hacking for surveillance purposes. It is a handy reference

News

6th April 2020

We must protect people in vulnerable situations during lockdown or quarantine

24th February 2020

PI and Liberty submit a new legal challenge after MI5 admits that vast troves of personal data was held in “ungoverned spaces”

11th April 2019

Examples of Abuse

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Design flaw leaves Bluetooth devices vulnerable

An engineering and computer science professor and his team from The Ohio State University discovered a design flaw in low-powered Bluetooth devices that leaves them susceptible to hacking.

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