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Content type: News & Analysis
… 2014 Going into 2014, there were high hopes for advancing privacy protections and to finally have the debate around … surveillance laws. In 2014, surveillance powers of the state actually reached worrying new heights. There may not … but troubling news came out showing how powerful the State's reach is, from state-sponsored hacking to the …
Content type: Press release
… bulk surveillance disclosed by Edward Snowden is justified. Privacy International and co-claimant Bytes for All (a … to the US' PRISM programme do not contravene the right to privacy despite there being no explicit legislation … Bytes For All is accustomed to confronting unrestrained State surveillance, but we did not expect that a British …
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… After remaining in the shadows for decades, the right to privacy is finally having its day in the sun at the United … a means for more robust and systematic monitoring of states' compliance with their obligations to respect and … to privacy, and how surveillance technologies adopted by states and developed by companies pose a significant threat …
Content type: News & Analysis
… Post date 3rd December 2014 In a recent trip to Colombia, Privacy International learned that the Colombian mobile … of mobile phones threaten the legitimate right of the state, under law, to gain access? Proponents of this view … from the crypto wars was that ‘security’ needs defining: state security may be separate from economic security, and …
Content type: Long Read
… escaped the scrutiny of the courts and of the public. Today Privacy International has revealed that GCHQ does not need … that all intelligence material is shared between Five Eyes States by default. The text stipulates that all raw traffic … Data and System Exploitation Location United Kingdom United States of America Our impact Fighting Mass Surveillance in …
Content type: News & Analysis
… of these kinds of intrusive tools. Earlier this year, Privacy International filed a legal case against GCHQ for … is an extremely broad power on the part of the Secretary of State to render lawful what would otherwise be unlawful, … Act 1994 also gives broad power to the Secretary of State to make lawful what otherwise would not be so. S.5(1) …
Content type: News & Analysis
… adopted an important resolution reaffirming the right to privacy in the digital age, condemning unlawful government mass surveillance and calling on member States to review their legislation and policies to ensure … line with human rights law. Despite efforts by the United States, the “Five Eyes” surveillance alliance, and other …
Content type: Press release
… according to a new investigative report published today by Privacy International. The comprehensive report, “Private … systems of governance in the world with repressive state authorities increasingly keen to clamp down on … trade restrictions stopping companies from empowering these state authorities with surveillance technology. The report …
Content type: News & Analysis
… News & Analysis Post date 20th November 2014 Privacy international is proud to release “ Private … regional experts, individuals who have been targeted by state surveillance, and surveillance and telecommunications … and surveillance, and as the industry continues to offer states cheaper and more sophisticated and efficient options …
Content type: Report
… dictatorships. The persistent violation of citizens’ privacy increased the efficiency of crimes committed by the state, which new democracies formed in the late 20th century … on the scope of surveillance activities carried out by states. Second, to review the various types of democratic …
Content type: News & Analysis
… rights of citizens, according to a new report released by Privacy International's partner in Argentina, Asociación por … SIN (National Intelligence Service) in Peru in 2000. Many states have reformed their intelligence agencies as part of …
Content type: News & Analysis
… reported . So it was with shock and disappointment that Privacy International looked on earlier this month as the UN … Vodafone's June 2014 Law Enforcement Disclosure Report stated that “the armed forces and national security agencies … Human Rights Council will seize the occasion to challenge States on their respect for and protection of the right to …
Content type: News & Analysis
… News & Analysis Post date 10th November 2014 To read Privacy International's take on the ruling, go here. What … of a “data controller” that is “established” in a Member State. Essentially, this was a question of whether Google … previous two findings. I s Google Inc subject to European privacy law? The Court started by recognising that Google …
Content type: News & Analysis
… of debate about the decision, and its implications for privacy and free expression. A main thread within these … for links to be removed regarding his previous financial state, he was arguing that these were inadequate, irrelevant … its slow progress through the EU Council (i.e. the Member States are still discussing it). There are signs of Google’s …
Content type: Press release
… Press release Post date 7th November 2014 Privacy International, Reporters Without Borders , … has previously acted with impunity, and allowed repressive states to commit serious abuses against pro-democracy … controls to filter into the regulations of the 28 Member States, many of whom are leading exporters of surveillance …
Content type: News & Analysis
… The past year has been an important one for the right to privacy. Privacy was Dictionary.com’s word of the year in … our human rights are protected: there has been no major statement on privacy by a United Nations human rights body … settings, with technical and expert advice to assist States in comprehending the complex implications of …
Content type: News & Analysis
… Telegraph, and was written by Carly Nyst, Legal Director of Privacy International: "Robert Hannigan, the new head of … belief that companies stand only on the side of the State, rather than in the interests of the privacy and security of their users. Hannigan’s decision to …
Content type: News & Analysis
… undertaken by the intelligence service, and other states are following suit, with the US Federal … the public with any information about the technology's use. Privacy International filed FOI requests to confirm the … in their operation of IMSI Catchers. In the United States, for instance, the discussion around the use of …
Content type: News & Analysis
… Analysis Post date 4th November 2014 The following piece by Privacy International Legal Officer Adriana Edmeades … and mobile phone. That kind of technology in the hands of a state like Bahrain, with its record of human rights abuse, …
Content type: News & Analysis
… News & Analysis Post date 4th November 2014 As privacy and free expression advocates hail the demise of the … to invalidate the Directive. The power of the Secretary of State to pass the 2009 Regulations is conditional upon the … retroactively invalidated the Directive, the Secretary of State is retroactively deprived of the power to make the …
Content type: Press release
… without having to obtain a warrant from the Secretary of State. This position seems to conflict with reassurances by … has been brought by human rights organisations including Privacy International, Liberty and Amnesty International. A … governments, including between the UK and the United States. The fact that GCHQ can request and receive large …
Content type: News & Analysis
… the Snowden revelations as validation for the surveillance state. (In)Security we trust The implications of … by governments around the world to justify intrusions into privacy, the suppression of dissent and gross violations of … the Digivox website, the audience learned that Nigeria’s State Security Services and the main GSM network providers …
Content type: News & Analysis
… online, all the while undetected . This is why today Privacy International and Bhatt Murphy Solicitors are acting … the serious crime of aiding and abetting unlawful State surveillance. That is why we are asking the National … their lives for speaking out against that autocratic State. If a British company is helping the Bahraini …
Content type: News & Analysis
… of the 13 Necessary and Proportionate Principles, Privacy International and the coalition behind the 13 … . Let's send a message to Member States at the United Nations and wherever else folks are … electronic medical records, Google searches and financial statements. Breaching the security of a telecommunications …
Content type: Long Read
… if these analogies are used as a basis for policy change. Privacy International’s legal challenge against GCHQ’s mass … as body-scanning technologies improve. In Kyllo v United States (2001), the Supreme Court of the United States found that the use of a thermal imaging camera was a …
Content type: News & Analysis
… While these documents do provide insight into FinFisher, Privacy International does not support any attempt to … to all their customers. Article 21 of a commercial offer states: The BUYER hereby acknowledges that it is a strict … with FinFisher, and calls into question Gamma's previous statements on their relationship with Bahrain. Several of …
Content type: News & Analysis
… kick in if the purchase is a very costly one. Last October, Privacy International wrote to the UK Export Credits … the OECD Common Approaches framework. They also declined to state the type of equipment sold while the Export Control … the sale. This information can be found in the response to Privacy International's Freedom of Information request …
Content type: News & Analysis
… Daily Telegraph written by Carly Nyst, Legal Director of Privacy International: One of the most shocking discoveries … that dramatically inflate the British surveillance state, extending the reach of the security services …
Content type: News & Analysis
… Post date 16th July 2014 Today’s report on the right to privacy in the digital age by the UN High Commissioner on … content and data when it comes to privacy, and States must extend human rights obligations to individuals … surveillance and bulk collection techniques employed by States across the globe, such as the tapping of fibre-optic …
Content type: News & Analysis
… and Investigatory Powers Bill (DRIP) fail to address the privacy concerns laid out in the Court's judgment, it also drastically expands spying powers of the State. Worringly, just this afternoon, the fast track … year. Given what we have learned over the past year about State surveillance, and the public's growing discomfort with …