News and Analysis

N&A, Long Reads, Press Release

Long Read

Documents obtained by Privacy International (PI) detail how EU agencies ‘outsource’ border controls to neighbouring countries.

News & Analysis

The collaboration with PI seeks to explore how privacy and data protection issues and concerns can be incorporated into election observation methodology and operationalised in the election observation process. The Carter Center is a US based NGO that has been invited to observe 111 elections in 39 countries since 1989.

Video

We talk to Dr David Crepaz-Keay from the Mental Health Foundation to find out what happens to your data when you visit a mental health website? How can technology help people dealing with a mental health issue? And what can happen when things go wrong?

Report

A review of how the data analytics company has embedded itself throughout the UK.

Frequently Asked Questions

The UK data protection regulator took action against three credit reference agencies. Here we explain why it's important and what's next.

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In a landmark decision that shines a light on widespread data protecton failings by the entire data broker industry, the ICO has today taken enforcement action against Experian, based in part on a complaint PI made in 2018.

Video

PI's Reproductive Rights and Privacy Project speaks with Dr. Andrea Swartzendruber about crisis pregnancy centres in the US.

Long Read

The Court of Justice of the European Union issued judgments in three cases in the UK, France and Belgium. We answer some of the main questions.

Video

The European Union's top court rules that UK, French and Belgian mass surveillance regimes must respect privacy. But what does that mean for governments' data collection schemes? And what does it take to fight a legal battle lasting years?

News & Analysis

Google is pushing a new "stalkerware" policy to reduce the spread of spying apps. But the tolerance for parental and enterprise monitoring apps leave the door open to abuse

News & Analysis

Following our investigation into advertisers on Facebook and the exposure of the platform shortcomings, Facebook's response is a failure to acknowledge its responsibility in ensuring transparency and enabling people to exercise their rights. Here is our point by point analysis of their answer

Case Study

The municipality of Como, Italy, purchased a facial recognition system, which was bought, installed, and tested for months with little transparency and despite the lack of a clear legal framework. To do so it embraced a narrative of technological innovation pushed by Huawei but was forced, after the intervention of the Italian Data Protection Authority, to suspend the system.

 

News & Analysis

PI submitted a response to the the UK College of Policing public consultation on the Law Enforcement Data Service (LEDS), a new, UK-wide police "mega-database". The consultation is open until 9th September 2020.

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A new UN experts report shines light on the role of private military and security services in immigration and border management and their impact to the rights of all migrants.

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Samsung now offers 3 years of support for their most expensive models, but cheaper phones are still left out of the equation.

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PI responds to the plans announced by UK Home Office to make Channel crossings "inviable" for asylum seekers and joins efforts by migrant organisations to call for the UK government to introduce safe and legal routes to the UK.