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Content type: Report

PI submission on the GPS Tracking of Migrants in the UK

23rd May 2022

Privacy International’s submissions for the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration inspection of the Home Office Satellite Tracking Service Programme The Home Office have introduced 24/7 electronic monitoring and collection of the location data of migrants via GPS ankle tags. This seismic change cannot be overstated. The use of GPS tags and intention to use location data, kept for six years after the tag is removed, in immigration decision-making goes far beyond the mere…

Thermographic camera display at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

Content type: Explainer

Covid-19: a tech post-mortem

31st March 2022

Bluetooth The majority of apps settled on using Bluetooth for proximity tracing. Just what is Bluetooth? Named after the 10th Century King Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson who unified Scandinavia — and whose runic initials comprise the logo — Bluetooth is a wireless, low-power, and therefore short-distance, set of protocols used primarily to connect devices directly to each other in order to transfer data, such as video and audio. Bluetooth for tracking? Most of us who've encountered Bluetooth use…