Long Reads
Disenfranchisement - the deprivation of the right to vote - erodes election integrity. The increasingly prominent role of data and tech in elections can lead to a chilling of political participation as well as raising privacy concerns, particularly for minoritised groups.
Democratic institutions are facing growing challenges in respecting and protecting the right to privacy during the election cycle. Likewise, certain groups of voters, often including minorities, are being excluded from participating in elections. How are these two trends related, and what role does
Football in the UK is more than a game. Stadiums are spaces of community, identity and expression. Our new report looks at what happens when facial recognition enters that space.
Football in the UK is a central part of social and cultural life. Stadiums are sites of entertainment, community meeting points and places for fans to express themsleves. Decisions made in a sporting context carry significance beyond football itself. Facial recognition technology (FRT) and other
US police have access to a wide range of databases that they can use to look up and misuse information about people. This can result in humiliating and bad decisions, sometimes causing long-term damage to people’s lives. In-depth research by Rights & Security International and PI reveals the impact of this, arguing for more effective limits on what kinds of personal information police in the US – and everywhere – can view, when and why.
There’s a haunting connection between the following set of seemingly random events: A group of friends in Michigan driving to buy a space heater in a car with a temporary license plate. A woman and her partner visiting a 7-Eleven in Virginia. A woman in Washington state drying her hair in her
Governments and companies around the world are fighting to establish their dominance - plunging us into a ‘tech race’ that is redefining the battlefield and blurring the line between civilian and military infrastructures. This visual explainer illustrates a global trend towards a militarisation of tech and the risks involved.
What is the militarisation of tech?
Privacy International's recommendations for improving transparency and explainability for algorithmic decisions at work, including concrete and detailed examples of best practices for platforms to implement.
From years spent investigating, documenting and exposing the impact of algorithmic management and workplace surveillance on workers, from drivers to content creators to data labellers, it is clear that lack of access to information and understandability of the systems than manage them negatively
Here is a selection of our biggest achievements in 2025.
Last year was challenging and brought more uncertainty in our lives. But despite this, in 2025 we made visible progress towards making the world a better place for all of us. We challenged governments and corporations that exploit data and technology, pushed for new national and international policy
In 2024, Privacy International (PI) and Women on Web (WoW) surveyed sexual and reproductive justice (SRJ) activists to gather their concerns and experiences with privacy and surveillance when conducting their work in digital spaces. Based on their feedback and experiences, we have created a practical guide that SRJ activists can use to help protect their privacy online and to secure their devices.
Introduction With digital evidence increasingly used in abortion-related prosecutions , and sexual and reproductive health content deliberately censored , activists find themselves operating in an increasingly hostile environment. Sexual and reproductive justice (SRJ) defenders are facing growing
After the UK data protection authority founded that the UK Government’s GPS tagging of migrants arriving to the UK by small boats and other “irregular” routes was unlawful, PI continued to monitor and research the Home Office's policies and practices relating to the GPS tagging of migrants. In this piece we present our findings.
GPS tags are intrusive data collection tools that monitor and record the location of the wearer using satellite and mobile technology, collecting location data referred to as “trail data” at certain intervals. Trail data is particularly voluminous, sensitive, granular, and open to misinterpretation
Descubra el Juego de cartas sobre tecnología, datos y elecciones de Privacy International, que le permitirá explorar cuestiones clave como las siguientes:
- ♥ Corazones: Por qué es importante la protección de datos durante el ciclo electoral
- ♦ Diamantes: Qué tecnologías se emplean para gestionar las elecciones
- ♠ Picas: Qué normativa es aplicable a los partidos y demás agentes relevantes
- ♣ Tréboles: Qué papel desempeñan internet y los medios sociales en las elecciones y las campañas políticas
Tras publicar Tecnología, datos y elecciones: lista de verificación del ciclo electoral en español y en inglés , hemos creado también el Juego de cartas sobre tecnología, datos y elecciones . Tanto la publicación como la baraja están diseñadas para ofrecer a quienes observan procesos electorales
A legal ruling from the UK puts the onus back on Clearview to change its ways, while also raising important questions about the cross-border application of laws that regulate tech companies.
A tribunal in the UK has overturned a legal judgment about Clearview’s objectionable scraping of images of people’s faces from the internet. The latest ruling helpfully clarifies what should be in scope of data protection law, and provides a sensible view on how companies that operate across many