Litigation is a core component of PI's advocacy strategy. PI files cases, pursues regulatory complaints, and intervenes in worthwhile legal challenges around the world in order to defend and enhance our privacy rights and the rule of law. Below you will find links to our current and past legal work.
Legal Action
Featured Legal Case
Privacy International led landmark litigation on judicial review principles and their applicability
Current cases
This legal challenge aims to hold governments to account for mass surveillance and intelligence sharing.
PI intervened in the case challenging the constitutionality of South African surveillance law.
Challenging the use of surveillance technologies in the context of terrorism-related measures
Privacy International filed complaints with multiple data protection regulators to investigate potential GDPR infringements by data brokers, ad-tech companies and credit referencing agencies.
PI legal challenge before the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning the bulk communications data regime in the UK.
Privacy International filed an intervention at the Colombian Constitutional court challenging the mass surveillance provisions contained in the Colombian Police Code.
Past Cases
A landmark case before the European Court of Justice on communications data retention where PI had intervened.
