Long Reads
PI calls on UN Committee to look into the nature of Heartbeat International’s 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 women’s rights in Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Eritrea, Kiribati, Latvia, Pakistan, Republic of Moldova, and Zimbabwe. At forums like this, the attempts of Heartbeat
Valentine’s 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 Women’s 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.
Valentine’s 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 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