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Increasingly every interaction migrants have within the immigration enforcement framework requires the processing of their personal data. The use of this data and new technologies are today driving a revolution in immigration enforcement which risks undermining people's rights and requires urgent

In July 2019, the UK House of Commons' Science and Technology Committee published a report on Digital Government. Lying not so subtlely amongst it's recommendations is this: " The Government should facilitate a national debate on single unique identifiers for citizens to use for accessing public

Today, the British Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced a partnership between the NHS and Amazon to use the NHS’s website content as the source for the answer given to medical question, such as “Alexa, how do I treat a migraine?” While we welcome Amazon’s use of a trusted source of information

Today, Privacy International, along with nine other NGOs including Liberty and Amnesty International , attended a hearing before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to revisit the Court's first ruling on our case challenging UK mass surveillance and intelligence sharing

By Ailidh Callander, Legal Officer This piece first appeared in the 500th edition of the Scottish Legal Action Group Journal (2019 SCOLAG (500, June) 124 Political scandal, stronger regulation on privacy but what about social protection? In an increasingly digitalised and data driven world, an era

Citing inaccuracy, major manufacturer declines to combine facial recognition and body worn cameras - but accurate or not, real-time facial recognition should never be coupled with police body-worn cameras Axon Enterprise Inc. —a major manufacturer of police body-worn cameras and digital evidence

It's a big question, have you purchased a card for your local surveillance camera on Surveillance Camera Day? Yes, Surveillance Camera Day is a real thing and happens on 20 June. Perhaps your local community could create a bingo card to see who knows where all the local cameras are. Are there any on

One of the UK’s largest telecommunications operators, BT, has said to Privacy International that a report claiming it “co-produces malware” with a surveillance company for the GCHQ is inaccurate – but hasn’t said why or given any more details. The accusation was made by C5IS – a shadowy online