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PI is not the only actor working to defend our privacy. Many others file cases around the world seeking to restrain exploitative or otherwise problematic practices. Where possible, PI files interventions or amicus briefs in these important cases. Below you will find links to our current and past interventions.

PI's complaints to regulators
Cases PI filed
PI's legal submissions in cases filed by others

United States v. Microsoft Corp. (Law Enforcement Cross-Border Data Access)

Privacy International filed an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court challenging law enforcement access to personal data stored abroad
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Microsoft legal case screenshot

Apple v FBI

Privacy International filed an amicus curiae brief outlining the international implications of eroding safety features on mobile phones
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In the Matter of the Search of an Apple iPhone Seized during the Execution of a Search Warrant on a Black Lexus IS300, California License Plate 35KGD203 (“Apple v. FBI”)

Human Rights Watch and Others v. United Kingdom (UK Mass Surveillance)

A Privacy International campaign led to spin-off litigation testing the scope of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal's prerogative to conduct investigations
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Inside courtroom

Association Confraternelle de la Judiciaire v. France (France 24 July 2015 Law on Intelligence)

Challenging the use of surveillance technologies in the context of terrorism-related measures
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Legal paper screenshot

Naperville Smart Meter Awareness v. Naperville (US Smart Meters)

Smart meters can generate invasive data on households.
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Smart Meter Cartoon

Catt v. the United Kingdom

In September 2016, Privacy International intervened in the case of Catt v. the United Kingdom before the European Court of Human Rights.
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Catt

Breyer v. Germany

General data retention obligations interfere with anonymity, which is an integral tool for individuals to protect their rights to privacy and free expression.
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Breyer

Doe v. Cisco

Privacy International filed an amicus brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a case challenging the use of Cisco technology for the persecution of the Falun Gong minority in China.
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Falun Gong practitioners in NYC

Tele2/Watson

A landmark case before the European Court of Justice on communications data retention where PI had intervened.
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Image by Gwenael Piaser licensed under CC BY 2.0

Szabo v. Hungary (Hungary Mass Surveillance)

Privacy International intervened in a case before the European Court of Human Rights successfully challenging the unfettered use of surveillance measures as part of anti-terrorism legislation
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Satellite dishes against sunset background

Application Number 2016Heonma388 (Korea Subscriber Data Access)

Privacy International submitted an intervention to the Korean Constitutional Court challenging provisions of the Telecommunications Business Act
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Surveillance cameras

Hungary Data Retention 2015

Privacy International challenged the compatibility of the Hungarian Electronic Communications Act with EU law in an intervention before the Hungarian Constitutional Court.
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Front of courthouse

Colombia Police Code

Privacy International filed an intervention at the Colombian Constitutional court challenging the mass surveillance provisions contained in the Colombian Police Code.
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Mass surveillance cameras

LQDN, FDN and others v. France

PI intervened in a French case challenging the retention of personal data under French law first at national level and then before the Court of Justice of the European Union.
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Outside the European Court of Justice

amaBhungane and Sole challenge

Submitting evidence in a case challenging the constitutionality of South African surveillance law.
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South African flag

GFF Challenge to use of government spyware (Germany)

On 30 September 2019, Privacy International submitted a statement to the German Constitutional Court in a case concerning the government use of spyware, such as state trojans, in the context of criminal investigations.
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Replica trojan horse

European Commission's review of the Google/Fitbit merger

Our intervention before the Commission in its review of the merger between Google and Fitbit
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