Long Reads
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 friend’s place, as he often did, when he received a message: police were at his uncle’s 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
The EU gives millions to surveillance companies, universities, and government agencies to develop cutting-edge surveillance technologies.
The European Union (EU) spends billions on research and development aimed at driving economic growth and jobs, as well as furthering the bloc’s broader agenda. Within the current budget, known as Horizon 2020 and covering the years 2014-2020, some €80 billion has been made available for research in
When government searches shift from the phone to the cloud: cloud extraction technology and ‘the future of mobile forensics’
Mobile phones remain the most frequently used and most important digital source for law enforcement investigations. Yet it is not just what is physically stored on the phone that law enforcement are after, but what can be accessed from it, primarily data stored in the Cloud. Cellebrite, a prominent
PI is launching a new brand in 2020, with a clearer focus on reimagining the future, where privacy gives us all the freedom to be human.
Over the coming months, PI is going to start to look a bit different. We will have a new logo and a whole new visual identity. And in turn, our new visual identity will only be one step in a wider process of PI reconnecting with our core mission and communicating it more effectively to you
Exclusive - Privacy International obtains contract between the UK Department of Health and Amazon.
Following a series of FOI requests from Privacy International and other organisations, the Department of Health and Social Care has now released its contract with Amazon, regarding the use of NHS content by Alexa, Amazon’s virtual assistant. The content of the contract is to a big extent redacted
The role of social media and search platforms in political campaigning and elections has come under scrutiny.
Recently the role of social media and search platforms in political campaigning and elections has come under scrutiny. Concerns range from the spread of disinformation, to profiling of users without their knowledge, to micro-targeting of users with tailored messages, to interference by foreign
Miguel Morachimo, Executive Director of Hiperderecho. Hiperderecho is a non-profit Peruvian organisation dedicated to facilitating public understanding and promoting respect for rights and freedoms in digital environments. The original version of this article was published in Spanish on Hiperderecho
*Photo by Kristina Flour on Unsplash The British government needs to provide assurances that MI5’s secret policy does not authorise people to commit serious human rights violations or cover up of such crimes Privacy International, along Reprieve, the Committee on the Administration of Justice, and
Niger has recently joined other countries in creating a biometric database that will be used in the upcoming elections.
Sitting on the ground inside an unadorned courtyard in Koira Tegui, one of Niamey’s most popular districts, Halimatou Hamadou shows a copy of what, she’s been told, is a certificate of birth. The 33 year old woman, who’s unable to read and write, received it days earlier during a crowded public