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Content type: Examples
14th June 2021
… Examples Date 1st June 2020 Location United States of America During the Black Lives Matter protests of … Justice highlights New York Police Department threats to privacy, freedom of expression, and due process and the use …
Content type: Report
1st June 2021
… industry and puts forward a series of recommendations for state and non-state actors invested in surveillance to ensure that they … government hacking presents unique and grave threats to our privacy and security. It has the potential to be far more …
Content type: Report
28th May 2021
… of Anthropology, Stanford University, in collaboration with Privacy International. Target Profile Government Our fight … Law and Strengthen Surveillance Safeguards Location United States of America Learn more Counter-terrorism Biometrics …
Content type: Report
28th May 2021
… technology, in the name of counter-terrorism. The Israeli state routinely surveils and severely restricts … , a tech and migration researcher, in collaboration with Privacy International. Our fight Contesting Government Data …
Content type: Long Read
28th May 2021
… data of local populations remain unknown The Israeli state has been deploying biometrics, including cutting-edge … . They can still pose significant risks to the right to privacy and other human rights. Despite contested evidence … UN Security Council’s Resolution 2396 decided that member states shall develop and implement systems to collect and …
Content type: Long Read
26th May 2021
… 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: Long Read
25th May 2021
… whistleblower Snowden in 2013, breached people’s rights to privacy and freedom of expression. This case will have an … and data intercepted by the intelligence services of other states; and also obtaining of communications data from … November 2015 European Court of Human Rights issued Statement of Facts and Questions to Parties September 2018 …
Content type: Long Read
25th May 2021
… Edward Snowden in 2013, breached people's rights to privacy and freedom of expression. This will have an impact … on Human Rights will have an impact on all 47 member states of the Council of Europe, all of which are parties to … ensure that we don’t sleepwalk into a world of ubiquitous state and corporate surveillance, it is essential that …
Content type: Press release
25th May 2021
… by whistleblower Edward Snowden culminates in victory for privacy. Key points The Grand Chamber of the European Court … operated by the intelligence agencies of the United States and the United Kingdom. Ilia Siatitsa, acting Legal … powers, so important. “Bulk surveillance powers allow the State to collect data that can reveal a huge amount about …
Content type: Advocacy
4th May 2021
… PI submitted with TEDIC a joint stakeholder report on the state of privacy in view of Paraguay's review at the 38th session of … must review its legal framework to comply with the right to privacy including its laws regulating communications …
Content type: News & Analysis
30th March 2021
… of trans people; 76.2% believe that it can threaten privacy rights; 66.7% disagreed with the widespread use of … and territory”, produced by Coding Rights with support from Privacy International, are presenting their main findings. … the purposes of issuing a driver’s license (CNH), Serpro stated that “the technology has a very high probability of …
Content type: Report
23rd March 2021
… concerns, and areas of interests for HRDs in relations to privacy, data protection, and communications surveillance. … use of passwords which they change regularly, customising privacy settings to limit what data the cookies can access; … Advocate for the adoption of safeguards to ensure that the state surveillance of online and offline activities is …
Content type: Long Read
23rd March 2021
… This is especially the case in the tribal pockets of the state. With the implementation of the NFSA in Odisha in … programmes that condition access to basic services to state and private surveillance exacerbate the Continue … partly supported by the Centre for Internet and Society and Privacy International, UK-based. Related learning resources …
Content type: News & Analysis
17th March 2021
… of the Bill to sufficiently safeguard individuals' privacy when extracting information from electronic devices. … The ICO report was also very critical of this aspect and stated that the police cannot seize phones to go on fishing … their powers under its provisions. The PCSC Bill simply states in section 40 that the Code of Practice will be …
Content type: Opportunities
10th March 2021
… of data more broadly. About you: You are curious about the state and direction of the world. You understand that … Experience working with legal issues related to data and privacy, including data protection, or the legal concerns … community, inter-governmental, industry and other non-state actors. Experience of strategically engaging with …
Content type: Examples
25th February 2021
… Examples Date 4th September 2020 Location United States of America Numerous US colleges are forcing students … and backfired when they bypassed the system to reclaim some privacy. Tracking the student body at large is likely to …
Content type: Long Read
14th February 2021
… will also mean better investment of public money. As Privacy International exposed in the past with the case of … discourses around the automation of the welfare state begs one bigger question: what is the welfare state we want? Unfortunately, as highlighted by the former …
Content type: Long Read
14th February 2021
… two-part staff guide on conducting fraud investigations. Privacy International went through the 995 pages to … – are kept under control and constant surveillance by the state under the pretence of detecting fraud. But how do … system prints interviewing witnesses and obtaining witness statements interviewing under caution conducting …
Content type: Long Read
4th February 2021
… used by South African authorities must be explicitly stated in law so they can be considered and debated. Long … parte; 4) lacked appropriate procedures to be followed when state officials examine, copy, share, sort through, use, … Following up on our joint submission before the High Court, Privacy International submitted an amicus curiae before the …
Content type: News & Analysis
4th February 2021
… used by South African authorities must be explicitly stated in law so they can be considered and debated. News & … journalist Stephen “Sam” Patrick Sole, after learning that state spies had been recording Sole’s phone communications … Intelligence Act 39 of 1994 (NSIA) violate the right to privacy and the Court should therefore declare them …
Content type: Long Read
28th January 2021
… for example websites about mental health , revealing your state of mind or your diagnosed illness. To make things more … 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 … Learn more Micro-targeting Data Exploitation Profiling Privacy AdTech Competition and Data Our fight Challenging …
Content type: Examples
21st January 2021
… omission. Among the many issues the report raises are privacy concerns related to a campaign app developed by a … — where it writes [emphasis ours]: There have been data privacy concerns raised about another campaign tool used, … An article published by Business Insider on 7 November 2016 states: “If users download the App and agree to share their …
Content type: Examples
21st January 2021
… or circulate disinformation. Anyone in the United States may download uCampaign apps, Mr. Peters said, but … Profile uCampaign What PI is calling for Companies protect privacy by design, not exploit people and their data. PI …
Content type: Examples
21st January 2021
… largest anti-abortion campaigns are facing questions over privacy after a BuzzFeed News analysis found that personal … conservative, religious, and anti-abortion groups..." "...Privacy policies linked from the iTunes store page for both apps state that as well as sharing personal information with …
Content type: Examples
21st January 2021
… company. As explained in a blog post, Cloud Factory states that it helps LMP “accurately visualize households … including their political proclivities.” Cloud Factory states it takes “huge amounts of complex information, such … Profile eXplain What PI is calling for Companies protect privacy by design, not exploit people and their data. PI …
Content type: Examples
21st January 2021
… produced for the H5 Private Healthcare Alliance, which stated that people believe the NHS provides good healthcare, … Profile C|T Group What PI is calling for Companies protect privacy by design, not exploit people and their data. PI …
Content type: Examples
21st January 2021
… contain details about registered voters from nearly every state. The data includes birth dates, home addresses, phone … voter-registration data is a matter of public record, 22 states have laws restricting the purchase or use of voter … Profile Artistotle What PI is calling for Companies protect privacy by design, not exploit people and their data. PI …
Content type: Long Read
20th January 2021
… Privacy International investigates the use of personal data … campaigning: the lack of transparency and impact on privacy of gratuitous data collection, profiling and … governing micro-targeting in political campaigns in 6 states: Canada, Brazil, France, Italy, Spain and the UK. It …
Content type: Long Read
15th January 2021
… on gender and its implications. In our effort to promote privacy as the right to establish one’s own boundaries, we … In this context, the avenue for resolution the state can offer you end up becoming life changing. But even when, on paper, a state may have a positive approach to gender recognition – …
Content type: News & Analysis
15th January 2021
… and anti-trust. Alarmingly companies are increasingly using privacy as a cloak to justify their privacy invasive … true defenders of the privacy of their users? Drop lofty statements and instead use their massive lobbying powers to: … a new federal data protection agency and does not pre-empt state laws). News & Analysis Post date 15th January 2021 …