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We “value” your privacy – (now allow us to track you across the internet)
Content type: Long Read

I asked an online tracking company for all of my data and here's what I found

It’s 15:10 pm on April 18, 2018. I’m in the Privacy International office, reading a news story on the use of facial recognition in Thailand. On April 20, at 21:10, I clicked on a CNN Money Exclusive on my phone. At 11:45 on May 11, 2018, I read a story on USA Today about Facebook knowing when teen users are feeling insecure. How do I know all of this? Because I asked an advertising company called Quantcast for all of the data they have about me. Most people will have never heard of…
PI leads coalition of organisations against Japanese government plans for fingerprinting at border
Content type: News & Analysis

PI leads coalition of organisations against Japanese government plans for fingerprinting at border

Together with a coalition with 18 Japanese rights groups, Privacy International today delivered a letter to the Japanese Minister of Justice to protest against the implementation of a fingerprinting system and face-scanning system at its borders. All visitors and many foreign residents to Japan will be fingerprinted under this plan. Our letter to the Minister is endorsed by 68 organisations from 30 countries. In our letter, we show that there are numerous problems with the government's plans.…