Long Reads
Universities in the UK and China, the Met Police, and surveillance companies are working on a government-funded programme developing "unconstrained face recognition technology".
The UKâs Metropolitan Police have began formally deploying Live Facial Recognition technology across London, claiming that it will only be used to identify serious criminals on âbespoke âwatch listsââ and on â small, targetedâ areas. Yet, at the same time, the UKâs largest police force is also
PI presents its analysis of the Huduma Numba judgment in three parts: the clear wins, the parts that make some small steps forward but could have been better and the dissapointing losses.
Background Kenyaâs National Integrated Identity Management Scheme (NIIMS) is a biometric database of the Kenyan population, that will eventually be used to give every person in the country a unique âHuduma Nambaâ for accessing services. This system has the aim of being the âsingle point of truthâ, a
Facebook "Download Your Information" feature only gives you part of the picture. Information about advertisers uploading lists with your personal information is limited in time and prevents users from exercising their rights
In 2018, following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook announced the âDownload Your Informationâ feature allowing users to download all the information that the company have on them since the creation of the account. All of it? It doesnât seem so. Concerns were quickly raised when Facebook
CIS, PI's partner in India, posits health monitoring as surveillance and not merely as a âdata problem.â
This piece was written by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon, who are policy officers at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in India. The piece was originally published on the website Economic Policy Weekly India here. In order to bring out certain conceptual and procedural problems with health
PI calls on UN Committee to look into the nature of Heartbeat Internationalâs activities in countries it will review.
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is meeting from 10-28 February to review the progress of womenâs rights in Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Eritrea, Kiribati, Latvia, Pakistan, Republic of Moldova, and Zimbabwe. At forums like this, the attempts of Heartbeat
Valentineâs Day is traditionally a day to celebrate relationships, but many relationships that begin romantically can quickly become controlling, with partners reading emails, checking texts and locations of social media posts. This can be just the beginning.
Today, Friday 14th February, Privacy International and Womenâs Aid are launching a series of digital social media cards giving women practical information on how to help stay safe digitally from control and abuse.
Valentineâs Day is traditionally a day to celebrate relationships, but many relationships that begin romantically can quickly become controlling, with partners reading emails, checking texts and locations of social media posts. This can be just the beginning. Today, Friday 14th February, Privacy
The 2020 congressional elections in Peru were different in many ways. For the first time, rules that prohibit parties and candidates from advertising on radio and television through paid ads have been applied.
This piece was written by PI Partner Hiperderecho's Executive Director Miguel Morachimo and originally appeared here. Image from here. The recent congressional elections in Peru have been different in many ways. This is primarily because the rules that prohibit parties and candidates from
Where, when, and what you watch is becoming very interesting to political actors and the marketing companies they work with.
Photo by Scheier .hr on Unsplash Where, when, and what you watch is becoming very interesting to political actors and the marketing companies they work with. In the US for example, three-quarters of households have at least one smart TV. As you watch a show, the TVs watch you, and collect vast
A look at attempts to dismantle smuggling networks in the Sahara, powered by Europe's gifts of surveillance.
It was a quiet evening in Agadez, a bustling Saharan city in the centre of Niger. Thirty-five year old Agali Ahmed was sipping tea at a friendâs place, as he often did, when he received a message: police were at his uncleâs house. When he got there, Ahmed saw men in plainclothes, standing around the
Spotlight on PI's Reproductive Rights and Privacy Project!
We are excited to spotlight our Reproductive Rights and Privacy Project! The Project is focused on researching and exposing organisations that collect and exploit the information of those seeking to exercise their reproductive rights. Working together with PI partners, other international grassroots