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Victory! A Clearview update: some (provisionally) good news from the UK

<br />   Links Read more about the ICO's provisional decision Support our work You can find out more about Clearview by listening to our podcast: The end of privacy? The spread of facial recognition
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Content type: Advocacy

PI response to ICO Call for Views on a Code of Practice for the use of personal information in political campaigns.

In December 2018, PI responded to the UK Information Commissioner's (ICO) Call for Views on a Code of Practice for the use of personal information in political campaigns. The consultation followed on from the ICO's policy report Democracy Disrupted?, published in July 2018, which recommended that the Government should legislate at the earliest opportunity to introduce a statutory Code of Practice under the Data Protection Act 2018 for the use of personal information in campaigns. Although not…
Our complaints against Acxiom, Criteo, Equifax, Experian, Oracle, Quantcast, Tapad
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Our complaints against Acxiom, Criteo, Equifax, Experian, Oracle, Quantcast, Tapad

Today, Privacy International has filed complaints against seven data brokers (Acxiom, Oracle), ad-tech companies (Criteo, Quantcast, Tapad), and credit referencing agencies (Equifax, Experian) with data protection authorities in France, Ireland, and the UK. It’s been more than five months since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect. Fundamentally, the GDPR strengthens rights of individuals with regard to the protection of their data, imposes more stringent…
Submission on Data Protection Bill to Public Bill Committee
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Submission on Data Protection Bill to Public Bill Committee

Briefing on the UK Data Protection Bill: Second Reading in the House of Commons
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Briefing on the UK Data Protection Bill: Second Reading in the House of Commons

Privacy International's briefing on the UK's Data Protection Bill for the second reading in the House of Commons.
Privacy International's Briefing on the UK Data Protection Bill at House of Lords Report Stage
Content type: Advocacy

Privacy International's Briefing on the UK Data Protection Bill at House of Lords Report Stage

This briefing consolidates Privacy International's concerns on the UK Data Protection Bill as it reached Report Stage in the House of Lords.
Submission on the Data Protection Bill to the Joint Committee on Human Rights
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Submission on the Data Protection Bill to the Joint Committee on Human Rights

Privacy International's Views On The Derogations (Exceptions) Contained In The General Data Protection Regulation
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Privacy International's Views On The Derogations (Exceptions) Contained In The General Data Protection Regulation

Privacy International welcomes the willingness of the UK government to implement the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which provides stronger standards of protection of personal data to those contained in the EU Directive 1995, whose provisions were implemented in the Data Protection Act 1998. Improved rights and enforcement measures will generate greater trust and therefore greater engagement in the digital environment, which will in turn benefit the economy. This briefing…