Long Reads
Privacy International trialled two AI recruitment platforms in February to investigate the impact of algorithms being embedded into the recruitment process, and what the transparency and fairness implications may be for candidates. Our findings raise serious questions about the reliability of AI tools for assisting recruitment decision-making, and about the fairness of recruitment processes where consequential decisions are delegated to black box 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 spring, France’s highest administrative court upheld a data protection fine
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
As governments rush to adopt artificial intelligence in public services, Privacy International asks who controls these systems, how people’s data is protected, and whether public services are becoming private black boxes.
Between the UK government’s announcement that it will commit £1b to AI-related infrastructure, the EU’s launch of ‘InvestAI’ to mobilise EUR200b of investment in AI and the US Pentagon offering $200M contracts to AI companies like Anthropic (then OpenAI), Google and xAI, we are seeing a rapidly
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