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France Data Retention 2016
Privacy International filed an intervention at the Conseil d'État in support of a claim seeking to abrogate legislation enabling indiscriminate data retention
Application Number 2016Heonma388 (Korea Subscriber Data Access)
Privacy International submitted an intervention to the Korean Constitutional Court challenging provisions of the Telecommunications Business Act
Szabo v. Hungary (Hungary Mass Surveillance)
Privacy International intervened in a case before the European Court of Human Rights successfully challenging the unfettered use of surveillance measures as part of anti-terrorism legislation
Tele2/Watson
A landmark case before the European Court of Justice on communications data retention where PI had intervened.
Doe v. Cisco
Privacy International filed an amicus brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a case challenging the use of Cisco technology for the persecution of the Falun Gong minority in China.
Khadija Ismayilova v. Azerbaijan
The case concerns an alleged smear campaign against Ismayilova, a well-known investigative journalist.
Breyer v. Germany
General data retention obligations interfere with anonymity, which is an integral tool for individuals to protect their rights to privacy and free expression.
Catt v the United Kingdom
In September 2016, Privacy International intervened in the case of Catt v the United Kingdom before the European Court of Human Rights.
Naperville Smart Meter Awareness v. Naperville (US Smart Meters)
Smart meters can generate invasive data on households.
United States v. Levin (and similar cases) (FBI Hacking)
Privacy International highlighted the privacy risks posed by the extraterritorial reach of US warrants authorising hacking operations in a series of amici curiae briefs