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Content type: Long Read
… as we warn now: industry has to answer for itself which state security services it would be prepared to work for. … Terms of Service by storing surveillance data. Microsoft states that their Terms of Service “prohibit the use of our … its relationship with Israel over its commitments to privacy and human rights. What we also know: it’s an …
Content type: Advocacy
… be used to prevent companies from implementing important privacy and security measures. PI is joining other UK civil … subsequent litigation have repeatedly identified unlawful state surveillance by UK agencies. In response, the UK … private companies into arms of the UK surveillance state. We are concerned that many of these powers may be …
Content type: Report
… encryption (E2EE) contributes significantly to security and privacy. For that reason, PI has long been in favour of the … to recreate, in the digital world, the guarantees of privacy that have traditionally applied in private … but rarely secures the metadata of communications. Some states also place restrictions, including criminal …
Content type: Long Read
… requiring enhanced safeguards to protect the rights to privacy and freedom of expression against abuse. It is a … who uses online communications. In this context, the Court stated that “the independent authorising body should be … afforded by the Convention would be rendered nugatory if States could circumvent their Convention obligations by …
Content type: Examples
… and computer science professor and his team from The Ohio State University discovered a design flaw in low-powered … and computer science professor and his team from The Ohio State University discovered a design flaw in low-powered … and/or vendors must be responsible for the security and privacy design in the products they manufacture and sell, …
Content type: Impact Case Study
… of data by private companies becomes increasingly privacy intrusive and widespread, data retention and … communications data. By the early 2000s, some EU member states had enacted national data retention laws, and were … European population.” Despite the decision, some EU member states continued to mandate data retention at the national …
Content type: News & Analysis
… . It does not necessarily reflect the views or position of Privacy International. On 23rd March the United Nations … access to the communications surveillance capacities of the state to spy on their perceived opponents. The full extent … that the most powerful mass surveillance machine of the state is the one that is least regulated: an issue that …
Content type: Press release
… Directive policy, was strong and unequivocal: the right to privacy provides a fundamental barrier between the … on this scale are completely unacceptable. As the Court states, it is not, and never was, proportionate to spy on … down. What the Court said today is similar to arguments privacy advocates have said for some time. The mass …