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Apple disable their 'advanced data protection' service for UK customers following a secret UK Government order demanding access to global user data. 

In the span of three months, two UK courts and one regulatory authority handed down rulings on the UK's GPS tagging of migrants, dealing serious blows to the legality of the policy. We delve into these three rulings and their implications for people and the wider policy.

PI, together with 5 other human rights groups, has submitted a complaint to the European Ombudsman calling for an investigation into EU surveillance aid to non-EU countries

Travelling currently subjects us to huge amounts of surveillance. Yet, the US government is looking to invest vast amounts of resource on new and intrusive methods to monitor us as we travel for work, we visit friends and families, and we explore other cultures. Other governments will be tempted to follow suit, when instead they should be protecting everyone.

There's no need for interception if the security services slide into your DMs and group chats

Global Humanitarian and Aid programmes are in crisis. In our experience, this opens the door for MORE ‘aid’ programmes that actually expand surveillance and undermine human rights across the world.

Today Privacy International, the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Amnesty International and 9 more unions and NGOs are calling on Deliveroo, Uber, and Just Eat Takeaway to protect their workers.