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PI's response to proposals by governments to use mobile phone location and other traffic data from telecos to help with Covid-19 response.

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Quarantining is a significant interference with rights, which is why it is only recommended to be done under the advisement of health professionals. Using tech and data to do this can be particularly problematic.

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Considering the billions of people who have smart phones generally use apps on these devices, it's possible to reach people and draw extensive data from their devices.

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Telecommunications firms, including mobile operators, have extensive data on their customers, including location and contact data -- they and governments are keen to exploit this data.

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Tech companies, governments, and international agencies have all announced measures to help contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Unprecedented levels of surveillance, data exploitation, and misinformation are being tested across the world.

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In a follow up to PI's initial research on sharing of personal data by mental health websites, a second analysis illustrates how change is possible and yet most webpages analysed still share your data with third-parties for marketing purposes.

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Spotlight on PI's Reproductive Rights and Privacy Project!

News & Analysis

Which police forces in the UK are using cloud extraction and how and why this is lawful, remains opaque

News & Analysis

Cloud extraction allows law enforcement agencies to take huge amounts of your data from the Cloud via a legal back door.

Long Read

When government searches shift from the phone to the cloud: cloud extraction technology and ‘the future of mobile forensics’

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Exclusive - Privacy International obtains contract between the UK Department of Health and Amazon.

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Miguel Morachimo, Executive Director of Hiperderecho. Hiperderecho is a non-profit Peruvian organisation dedicated to facilitating public understanding and promoting respect for rights and freedoms in digital environments. The original version of this article was published in Spanish on Hiperderecho
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Niger has recently joined other countries in creating a biometric database that will be used in the upcoming elections.

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The pressing need to fix our cybersecurity (mis)understandings Despite all the efforts made so far by different, cybersecurity remains a disputed concept. Some states are still approving cybersecurity laws as an excuse to increase their surveillance powers. Despite cybersecurity and cybercrime being