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The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Privacy International (PI), and The Carter Center have published practical guidance for States, businesses and political actors on the human rights compliant use of technologies throughout the electoral cycle.
As the use of digital technologies in electoral processes is growing in scale and scope, so too does their impact on human rights. PI has partnered with the OHCHR and The Carter Center to develop practical guidance for States, businesses and political actors on the human rights compliant use of
Fundación Karisma published Qué Putería, a digital security and care guide for dating app users. The guide was created with the input of an advisory team made up mostly of young LGBTQ+ activists.
Around an olla comunitaria (community pot: an outdoor community kitchen, usually run by women using donated food and set up as a care space to feed people during crises and protest ) in one of central Medellín’s neighbourhoods, a printed publication is being passed from hand to hand. As some trans
Pakistan’s vision of becoming a “Digital Nation” reflects an aspiration to digitse public life. The Digital Nation Pakistan Act 2025 aims to centralise the country’s digital governance, including digital services, data systems and cybersecurity.
Putting People and Privacy at the Centre of Digital Transformation A digital service can look efficient on a screen while feeling confusing, unsafe or inaccessible to the person who depends on it. A student may need an online education portal to enrol or receive financial assistance. A patient may
Big Tech's walled gardens can keep users locked in through switching costs rather than superior service. While the EU's Digital Markets Act is forcing platforms open, interoperability creates its own privacy and security trade-offs that need careful handling.
Technology giants like Apple, Meta, Google, and Microsoft spend billions of dollars to keep you in their walled gardens. The more data that is kept within one ecosystem, the harder it is to move to another, and the more challenging it is for an upstart to break into the fray Someone who has bought
Kenya's digital identity system, Maisha Namba, aims to digitalise civil and personal registration, utilising a Unique Personal Identification (UPI) and Digital ID, among other features.
However, the system fails to address issues previously identified by PI and its partners. Haki na Sheria Initiative (HSI) has flagged potential constitutional violations, including of the right to privacy and discrimination against marginalised communities.
In response, HSI organised the community-led play: "My ID, My Right / Aqoonsigayga Waa Xuquuqdayda".
In Garissa Town, Kenya, on a warm evening in late October, a crowd gathered not for a rally or a court hearing, but for a play. Paralegals took the stage alongside community members, performing in Somali, Swahili and English. The story they told was about an identity document, a number: Maisha Namba
Satellites now serve civilians and militaries alike, are run by private companies, and are governed by almost no one.
Satellites are strategic assets at the heart of global power. We have heard the story before: the moon race, the space race, the promise of progress framed as the conquest of territories beyond Earth. Yet satellites, those distant, seemingly neutral technologies orbiting far above everyday life, are
PI's investigation into two AI recruitment platforms exposes a lack of transparency and fairness for candidates in opaque and often unreliable systems.
The recruitment industry has undergone a profound transformation, with artificial intelligence (AI) moving from a novelty to the heart of hiring decisions. The consequences for workers and employers alike are only beginning to be understood. Today, an estimated 90% of employers use some form of
AI systems like Mythos make vulnerability discovery faster and more scalable, raising urgent privacy questions about who governs access to powerful tools that could expose centralised stores of personal data.
Since the emergence of generative AI, public debate has largely focused on misinformation, copyright and productivity. Far less attention has been paid to what increasingly capable AI systems may mean for privacy and data protection. Enter: Anthropic’s Claude Mythos and its consumer-facing version
Our key achievements since the beginning of 2026.
We continue producing real change by challenging governments and corporations that use data and technology to exploit us. 2026 has been intense! And we have achieved some wins that we are excited to share with you. This summer, we found evidence that our research on period-tracking apps is shaping
New EU Commission rules extend a formal presumption of confidentiality to proceedings under the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act without citing any supporting court authority. Civil-society groups warn that these changes weaken public oversight at a time when lobbying by large technology companies is intensifying.
After a series of high-profile court defeats, the European Commission has tightened internal rules and guidance governing access to documents. The Commission's December 2024 Rules of Procedure, together with internal working papers seen by Privacy International, disclose that the new rules extend a