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The problems with thematic warrants and why they should be removed from the UK Government’s Investigatory Powers Bill We currently have the rare opportunity to scrutinise and debate the powers that law enforcement, the security and intelligence agencies and public bodies should have to interfere

How not to do data-driven due diligence A powerful new VICE News investigation has blown open the secretive world of risk management and the most influential database you've never heard of: World-Check. Over 300 government and intelligence agencies, 49 of the 50 biggest banks, and 9 of the top 10

In 2015 the United Nations' human rights mechanisms significantly increased their capacity to monitor and assess states' compliance with their obligations around the right to privacy. Notably, the Human Rights Council established the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, filling

As we mark the 750th anniversary of the first parliament called in Britain, its time for intelligence agencies to tell the truth. After the fall of the Berlin wall, the new German government dedicated its commitment to democracy by physically building transparency into the political process - the

The major overhaul of data protection laws in Europe is finally over, after three years of arduous and sustained political and lobbying activity by all those with a major stake and interest, including us at Privacy International (See our initial analysis of the two laws in 2012). We welcome this

In an enormous breakthrough for those seeking transparency and accountability to the shadowy surveillance industry, the Swiss Government has been forced to publish the list of export licenses for surveillance technologies and other equipment, including details of their cost and destination. The

Sometimes it takes an unexpected stranger to remind you what you have, and what you are at risk of losing. Roman Zakharov, a Russian publisher who challenged Russia’s surveillance legislation, is that stranger for many Brits and Europeans. The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights

Internet Connection Records are a new form of communications data created by the Investigatory Powers Bill at Parts 3 and 4. They constitute an unlawful interference with privacy with the ability to provide a highly detailed record of the activities of individuals, profiling their internet habits

This guest post was written by Nighat Dad and Adnan Chaudhry of Digital Rights Foundation. It is the role of the state to protect its citizens from threats to their life and liberty. But in protecting its citizens, the state’s own aims cannot be counterproductive and erode the security found in