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Video: What is Data Exploitation?

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Reports and Analysis

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Man looking at the window behind curtains

No, Facebook is not telling you everything

Facebook "Download Your Information" feature only gives you part of the picture. Information about advertisers uploading lists with your personal information is limited in time and prevents users from exercising their rights

Long Read

Data Exploitation and Democratic Societies

Image Source: "Voting Key" by CreditDebitPro is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Democratic society is under threat from a range of players exploiting our data in ways which are often hidden and unaccountable. These actors are manifold: traditional political parties (from the whole political spectrum)

Case Study

…it helps us defend ourselves

Trials should be public and tried in a fair manner by an impartial and independent tribunal.

News

13th November 2019

Give Google an inch and they’ll take a mile!

15th April 2019

Communities at risk: How security fails are endangering the LBGTIQ+ community

9th April 2018

TACD calls on Facebook to adopt same privacy standards for all consumers and give details on how to Congress

15th December 2017

Press Release: Texas Media Company Hired By Trump Is Behind Kenyan President's Viral 'Anonymous' Attack Campaign Against Rival, New Investigation Reveals

24th October 2017

Privacy International's evidence to the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence at the U.K. House of Lords

2nd June 2017

Voter Profiling in the 2017 Kenyan Election

Examples of Abuse

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

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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Our Advocacy

Presentación de información a la Relatoría Especial de Derechos Económicos, Sociales, Culturales y Ambientales (DESCA) de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) sobre la situación de los DESCA en la región

PI y sus partners acogen el llamado de la Relatoría Especial de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) sobre la situación de los Derechos Económicos, Sociales, Culturales y Ambientales en la región.

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