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@ Social Media: Protect Your Users From Border Surveillance!

Social media monitoring
Advocacy

Disinformation in electoral contexts - engagement with the InterAmerican Commission of Human Rights

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Privacy International et al. v. FBI et al. (US Hacking FOIA)

Privacy International et al. v. FBI et al. (US Hacking FOIA)

Advocacy

Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue Resolution on Competition, Privacy and Consumer Welfare

Resolution on Competition, Privacy and Consumer Welfare
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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Smart Meter Cartoon

Naperville Smart Meter Awareness v. City of Naperville

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FBI Hacking

United States v. Levin, United States v. Werdene, United States v. Eure, United States v. Tippens (FBI Hacking)

Advocacy

Submission to US Department of State regarding collection of social media information

Submission to US Department of State regarding collection of social media information
Advocacy

A guide to GDPR for US companies

A guide to GDPR for US companies
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NSA

Privacy International v. National Security Agency, Office of the Director of National intelligence, Department of State, and National Archives and Records Administration (US Five Eyes FOIA)

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United States v. Microsoft Corp.

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

Advocacy

Submission To Department Of Homeland Security, Privacy Office (USA), Regarding DHS Social Media Retention Policy

Submission To Department Of Homeland Security, Privacy Office (USA), Regarding DHS Social Media Retention Policy
Advocacy

We’re All Aliens To Someone: Response To US Government Consultation On Social Media Surveillance At Borders

We’re all aliens to someone: response to U.S. government consultation on social media surveillance at borders
Advocacy

A Paper Shield Does Not Protect Privacy: Privacy International’s Analysis Of The “Privacy Shield” Safeguards On Surveillance

A paper shield does not protect privacy: Privacy International’s analysis of the “Privacy Shield” safeguards on surveillance
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AvFBI

Apple v. FBI

Reports and Analysis

Long Read

Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency Libra: Not to be Confused with Libre

Scales of Libra
Long Read

We Need to Fix the ‘Data Wild West’

Pioneer Saloon
Long Read

Who supplies the data, analysis, and tech infrastructure to US immigration authorities?

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Report

Submission to the US Federal Trade Commission on the intersection between privacy, big data, and competition

Submission to the US Federal Trade Commission on the intersection between privacy, big data, and competition
Long Read

Teach ‘em to Phish: State Sponsors of Surveillance

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Report

Teach 'em to Phish: State Sponsors of Surveillance

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Long Read

Newly Disclosed Documents on the Five Eyes Alliance and What They Tell Us about Intelligence-Sharing Agreements

Pine Gap aerial view
Long Read

True Profits: The Surveillance-Industrial Complex and the NSA Laboratory Doing Tests On Our Data To "Beat The News"

True profits: The surveillance-industrial complex and the NSA laboratory doing tests on our data to "beat the news"
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The “Backdoor Search Loophole” Isn’t Our Only Problem: The Dangers of Global Information Sharing

NSA headquarters
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In the U.S.-U.K. Deal, Both Sides Deserve Scrutiny

UK-USA flags
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The Weak Link in a Double Act: U.K. Law is Inadequate for Proposed Cross-Border Data Request Deal

Department of Justice
Long Read

DOJ Cross-Border Legislation: Meeting Human Rights Requirements from Both Sides of the Pond

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Long Read

Cambridge Analytica Explained: Data and Elections

data and elections
Long Read

Privacy International's Work on Hacking

Privacy International’s Work on Hacking
Long Read

We Need Stronger Regulations Regarding U.S. Law Enforcement Hacking of Devices Abroad

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News and Updates

News & Analysis

Esta es la vigilancia que Estados Unidos está exportando a Centroamérica como ayuda. Y está sobreviviendo a los recortes de Trump

US AID
News & Analysis

Here’s the Surveillance the US Exports to Central America as Aid - And it’s Surviving Trump’s Cuts

US AID
News & Analysis

ICE is Paying Millions to Surveillance Company to Spy on People’s Communications

ICE Arrest
News & Analysis

Cambridge Analytica, GDPR - 1 year on - a lot of words and some action

Cambridge Analytica, GDPR - 1 year on - a lot of words and some action
News & Analysis

Guess what? Facebook still tracks you on Android apps (even if you don't have a Facebook account)

Facebook still tracks you on Android apps
Press release

PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL, ACLU DEMAND GOVERNMENT DISCLOSE NATURE AND EXTENT OF HACKING ACTIVITIES

News & Analysis

Undone by his own spying operation, arrest of drug lord shows how surveillance is used to perpetuate gender-based violence

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman
News & Analysis

We’re Suing the Government to Learn Its Rules for When It Hacks Into People’s Devices

We’re Suing the Government to Learn Its Rules for When It Hacks Into People’s Devices
News & Analysis

Blank Space: Why Taylor Swift doing facial recognition is a bad idea

Taylor swift holding a phone (from the videoclip)
News & Analysis

What to Expect

What to Expect
News & Analysis

What to remember when listening to big tech "embrace privacy"

What to remember when listening to big tech "embrace privacy"
News & Analysis

Shining a Light on Federal Law Enforcement’s Use of Computer Hacking Tools

Hacking FBI
News & Analysis

Tech executives are testifying in Congress today — monopolies, power, and data

Tech executives are testifying in Congress today — monopolies, power, and data
News & Analysis

Privacy win! US court says Fourth Amendment protects smart meter data

Smart meter
News & Analysis

The Data Arms Race Is No Excuse for Abandoning Privacy

The Data Arms Race Is No Excuse for Abandoning Privacy