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Privacy International v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Others (Case C-623/17)

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Challenge to the hidden data ecosystem (Acxiom, Oracle, Criteo, Quantcast, Tapad, Equifax, Experian)

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CJEU

Tele2-Watson joined cases (ECJ)

Advocacy

Privacy International’s response to the UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights

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Advocacy

Privacy International’s Response to the UK's Open Consultation on the Online Harms White Paper

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Advocacy

Our response to the Westminster Hall Debate on Facial Recognition

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Advocacy

PI response to ICO Call for Views on a Code of Practice for the use of personal information in political campaigns.

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Third Direction

Third Direction

Advocacy

Privacy International's Submission to the Investigatory Powers Commissioner's Consultation on the Consolidated Guidance

Campaign

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Neighbourhood Watched: exposing the technology that UK police forces are using to spy on the public

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Catt v. the United Kingdom

Catt v. the United Kingdom

Advocacy

Our complaints against Acxiom, Criteo, Equifax, Experian, Oracle, Quantcast, Tapad

Our complaints against Acxiom, Criteo, Equifax, Experian, Oracle, Quantcast, Tapad

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Privacy International v. Information Commissioner's Office (UK IMSI Catcher FOIA)

Privacy International v. Information Commissioner's Office (UK IMSI Catcher FOIA)

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Privacy International v. The Commissioner for HM Revenue and Customs

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Privacy International v. United Kingdom (UK Five Eyes FOIA)

Educational and Explanatory

Case Study: Connected Cars And The Future Of Car Travel In The Digital Age

Case Study

Case Study: Connected Cars And The Future Of Car Travel In The Digital Age

Reports and Analysis

Long Read

A secret MI5 policy that enables crime in the UK: What we learned in 2019 and what we want to know in 2020

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Long Read

How the UK Conservative Leadership Race is Latest Example of Political Data Exploitation

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FAQ: Privacy International UK Supreme Court Judgment

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Your local police force might already be able to hack you

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Project Hunter: The UK Programme Exporting its Border Abroad

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Your local police force could download everything from your phone without your consent

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How predictive policing technology can lead to discrimination and profiling

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How your social media activity is monitored by the police

SOCMINT

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Every Police force in the UK will soon use body worn video cameras to record us in public

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The police are increasingly using facial recognition cameras in public to spy on us

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The police can use IMSI catchers to track your phone, and even intercept your calls and messages

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How you can contact your Police and Crime Commissioner about your local police force's use of surveillance tech

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Data Privacy Week: Privacy in Public Spaces

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Join our Supreme Court challenge against mass government hacking

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New U.K. Law Fails European Court Standards on Mass Interception Disclosed by Snowden

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News and Updates

News & Analysis

Advocate General’s Opinion: national security mass retention regimes are incompatible with EU Law

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Press release

Preliminary Statement: Advocate General's Opinion Advises that Mass Surveillance Regime is Unlawful

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News & Analysis

PI joins call for updated electoral regulation following 2019 UK General Election

UK General Election 2019: Digital disruption by political parties

News & Analysis

Can MI5 'agents' commit crimes in the UK with no accountability?

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Press release

PI and other rights groups demand political parties come clean on user of voters personal data in the UK general election

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News & Analysis

Joint letter to new British Home Secretary on the future of the immigration and asylum system

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News & Analysis

Deja Vu: UK's Science and Technology Committee suggests that everyone is made to have a unique ID number

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News & Analysis

NHS and Amazon: what is the real cost of this partnership?

NHS Protest London - Health Over Wealth!

News & Analysis

The fight against mass surveillance continues in our 10 Human Rights Orgs case

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News & Analysis

Privacy, a precondition for social protection

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News & Analysis

They watch you here, they watch you there, they watch you in your underwear: Happy Surveillance Camera Day...

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News & Analysis

A Hack Job? BT Responds to Report that Claims it Develops Malware for the GCHQ

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Ghosts in Your Machine: Spooks Want Secret Access to Encrypted Messages

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MPE

Press release

Privacy International Wins Historic Victory at UK Supreme Court

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