Regulators play an important role in interpreting and enforcing privacy protections. Many regulators accept complaints from the public and civil society about problematic data exploitation practices. PI uses these mechanisms to hold companies and governments to account. Below you will find links to our current and past regulatory complaints.
Privacy International filed a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) against the Home Office’s policy and practice of collecting and processing data through two algorithms used in immigration enforcement operations.
We filed complaints with 5 European data protection authorities against Clearview AI, a facial recognition technology company building a gigantic database of 10 billion + faces.
PI and 5 other human rights organisations call on the European Ombudsman to investigate evidence that several EU bodies are supporting surveillance in non-EU countries in breach of EU rules.
Privacy International filed a complaint with the UK data protection regulator to obtain the full, unredacted contract between the Department of Health and Social Care and Amazon.
This legal challenge relates to a complaint filed in 2020 with the French data protection authority (CNIL) against Doctissimo, a popular French health site.
Privacy International filed a complaint with the UK data protection regulator to investigate potential data protection infringements by a political consultancy.
Our intervention before the EU competition regulator in its review of the merger between Amazon and iRobot
This legal challenge relates to a complaint filed with the UK's Information Commissioner (ICO) against the UK Home Office's policy and practice of using GPS ankle tags to monitor migrants released on immigration bail.
Privacy International filed complaints with multiple data protection regulators to investigate potential GDPR infringements by data brokers, ad-tech companies and credit referencing agencies.
Privacy International submitted a dossier to the National Crime Agency requesting the investigation of the interception of an Ethiopian activist's communications
On 24 September 2021, PI submitted a complaint to the UK’s data protection authority - the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) challenging the Home Office’s refusal to provide information about its meetings with tech companies around encryption.
After a complaint submitted by Privacy International, Gamma International UK was found in breach of OECD Guidelines
Privacy International made a complaint against six UK-based telecom companies on the grounds that they had permitted GCHQ to access their fibre optic networks, breaching OECD Guidelines.
Privacy International filed a complaint urging the National Crime Agency to investigate the facilitation of surveillance of Bahraini activists by Gamma International UK
Privacy International made a complaint challenging the export of surveillance software developed by a German company to Bahrain
