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The hidden cost of digital health services

New research from our partners at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) reveals Indian health websites and apps are sharing intimate health-related data with third parties such as Facebook and Google. 

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Q&A: Our challenge with Liberty against MI5 and the Home Secretary (2023)

We won our case against the UK’s Security Service (MI5) and the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD)

Following on from our initial reaction, we answer some key questions about the judgement below.

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Buddi Limited - Immigration Enforcement's favourite tracking buddy

The privatisation of migration control and policing takes different shapes and forms.
The latest iteration comes in disguise – specifically, in four pastel colours: if you were to look at this company's main website, in fact, you'd only find wristbands and tools to monitor the well-being of elderly people who live alone. But as stated in their annual report, the majority of British company Buddi's revenue originates from the criminal justice market.

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Securing Privacy: PI on End-to-End Encryption

PI’s report on end-to-end encryption (E2EE) analyses and defends expanding the use of E2EE to protect our communications.

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Briefing on Privacy International Legal Case: Bulk personal datasets and bulk communications data challenge

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UK mass interception laws violates human rights and the fight continues...

On 25 May 2021, a Grand Chamber judgment against the UK broke new ground in the regulation of bulk interception capabilities requiring enhanced safeguards to protect the rights to privacy and freedom of expression against abuse. It is a complex judgment with lights and shades, and the fight against mass surveillance is not over. Find here our initial take on the judgment and what comes next.

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News

30th January 2023

Press: Landmark ruling exposes years of rule breaking by MI5

19th August 2021

Afghanistan: What Now After Two Decades of Building Data-Intensive Systems?

4th February 2021

South African Constitutional Court declares bulk surveillance powers unlawful

6th April 2020

We must protect people in vulnerable situations during lockdown or quarantine

24th February 2020

PI and Liberty submit a new legal challenge after MI5 admits that vast troves of personal data was held in “ungoverned spaces”

11th April 2019

Communities at risk: How governments are using tech to target migrants

11th December 2018

“Do no harm” in the digital age: Privacy and security cannot be ignored

12th June 2018

Protecting the digital beneficiary

Examples of Abuse

Want to know how this translate in the real world? Here is the latest example in the news.

Design flaw leaves Bluetooth devices vulnerable

An engineering and computer science professor and his team from The Ohio State University discovered a design flaw in low-powered Bluetooth devices that leaves them susceptible to hacking.

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Our Advocacy

PI's Response to the UK Government's Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill

Summary

The UK is once again seeking to expand its surveillance powers. Seven years after the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 became law, the UK Government is now trying to amend it in ways which would further undermine already insufficient bulk surveillance safeguards and introduce a notification regime which could be used to prevent companies from implementing important privacy and security measures. PI is joining other UK civil society organisations in objecting to this problematic Bill.

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