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Privacy International welcomes the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Catt v the United Kingdom. The Court found that the UK violated the right to privacy (Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights) of Mr John Catt, a peace movement activist, who despite having never being

On 22 January 2019 Google updated its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for Europe. The message is quite reassuring: “Nothing about your experience in Google services will change. And nothing is changing in terms of your privacy settings, the way your data is processed, nor the purposes of its

We found this image here. In order for GDPR to be effective at protecting people's data, it must be implemented and enforced. Therefore, we are pleased to see that CNIL has taken action and issued Google a fine of €50 million based on complaints by NOYB and La Quadrature Du Net in May 2018. Despite

Federal law enforcement is deploying powerful computer hacking tools to conduct domestic criminal and immigration investigations. By Alex Betschen, Student Attorney, Civil Liberties & Transparency Clinic, University at Buffalo School of Law Hacking by the government raises grave privacy concerns

Photo credit: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement The trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman started in New York back in November 2018. But last week, the jurors were presented with a trove of new key evidence: dozens of text messages exchanged between Guzman, his wife, and his

European leaders met last week in Brussels to discuss what is supposed to be two separate issues, the next trillion euro-plus budget and migration. In truth, no such separation exists: driven by nationalists and a political mainstream unable to offer any alternative but to implement their ideas, the

Over one month ago, Privacy International filed complaints concerning seven data brokers, ad-tech companies, and credit referencing agencies with data protection authorities across Europe. The companies named in the complaints are Acxiom, Criteo, Equifax, Experian, Oracle, Quantcast, and Tapad. The

Taylor Swift may be tracking you, particularly if you were at her Rose Bowl show in May. According to an article published by Vanity Fair , at Swift’s concert at the California stadium, fans were drawn to a kiosk where they could watch rehearsal clips. At the same time – and without their knowledge

Photo credit: Screenshot from video produced by ICRC, ‘What are metadata’, accessible here. “The platform [Facebook] does not intentionally cause harm to users. Too often, however, Facebook’s business model allows harm to occur.” The Editorial Board, The Financial Times, 2 December 2018 Imagine if a

Why is a privacy organisation working with the humanitarian sector, and why does it matter? We may seem like strange bedfellows, but today's ever-growing digital world means that, more and more, people who receive humanitarian assistance are being exposed to unexpected threats. According to the 2018

Creative Commons Photo Credit: Source In September 2018, a month after Argentina lawmakers voted against the legalisation of abortion, we spoke to Eduardo Ferreyra from the Buenos Aires-based Asociacion por los Derechos Civiles about the role of privacy in the abortion debate. Also joining us in

Photo Credit: Marion S. Trikosko This month, the World Bank's Identity for Development (ID4D) initiative is launching its inaugural "Mission Billion Challenge", a competition designed to promote innovation in the identity space with the inaugural question: "How can digital identification systems in

Image source creative commons. The below piece was o riginally posted on the UNRISD site here. How AI is affecting our human rights Artificial Intelligence (AI) is part of our daily lives. Its many applications inform almost all sectors of society: from the way we interact on social media, to the