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Advocacy

PI's joint submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

Privacy International (PI), Fundaciòn Datos Protegidos, Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales (R3D) and Statewatch submission highlights examples on how digital technologies deployed in the context of border enforcement and administration reproduce, reinforce, and compound racial discrimination.

Advocacy

Dear Facebook: here are 4 issues with how advertisers operate on your site

Our letter to Facebook with 4 simple steps to improve both transparency for its users and make the exercise of their rights easier

Case Study

…it protects our right to education

Everyone has the right to a safe, open, and inclusive education, free from commercial exploitation, that enables their full and free development and promotes human flourishing regardless of race, religion or country of origin.

Advocacy

Stamps in a passport, including a no recourse to public funds stamp

It's time to scrap the No Recourse To Public Funds policy - here's why

Our relationships and interactions with governments are increasingly dependent on us providing more and more data and information about ourselves. We are seeing how this often strips people and communities of their privacy and dignity, especially those already disadvantaged, rather than empowering and helping them.

This is why we support the request of UK charities to scrap No Recourse to Public Funds policy.

Case Study

… it protects our standard of living

You have the right to have what you need so that you and your family do not go hungry, homeless or fall ill.

Case Study

...it protects our right to rest

Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

Report

Methodology: Social Media Monitoring by Local Authorities

Concerned about the increasing use of social media monitoring by Government authorities and in particular use by local government authorities, on 7 October 2019, we sent a Freedom of Information Request to 251 local authorities in Great Britain using the platform What Do They Know.

This methodology outlines what we did and the results we found, which informed our report.

News & Analysis

GDPR - 2 years on

25 May 2020 marks the 2nd anniversary of the General Data Protection Regulation. Two years on, where are we now?

Advocacy

Is your Local Authority Looking at your Facebook Likes?

PI’s submission to the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office on social media monitoring by Local Authorities

PI’s submission highlights our concerns about increased social media monitoring by Local Authorities against an unclear regulatory framework

Case Study

…it allows us to work with dignity

Everyone has the right to work in just and favourable conditions and be free to choose your work with a salary that allows you to live and support family. Everyone should receive equal pay for equal work.

Long Read

Covid Contact tracing apps are a complicated mess: what you need to know

As Governments, Apple and Google compete in proximity tracing, here’s our take on building tech in times of crisis.

Advocacy

PI's submission to the 'UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries' on the role of private companies in immigration and border management and the impact on the rights of migrants

PI's submission highlighting examples of the involvement of private companies in immigration and border management sectors.

Long Read

(Sort of) Trust but Verify: Palantir Responds to Questions about its work with NHS

Palantir, the US data giant which works with intelligence and immigration enforcement agencies, has responded to our questions about its work on a highly sensitive National Health Service (NHS) project, providing some assurances, passing the buck to the NHS, and raising additional questions.

Long Read

Asylum-seekers and Coronavirus in the UK: risking life for status

The ongoing requirement for asylum-seekers to register their claim for asylum in person reveals the Home Office's misplaced and onerous emphasis on biometrics collection at the expense of asylum-seekers' health

Advocacy

Comments on the CMA’s interim report on its online platforms and digital advertising market study

In February 2020, PI submitted comments on the UK Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) interim report into online platforms and digital advertising.

Advocacy

Submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on the proposed Google/Fitbit merger

On 25 March 2020, PI made a submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in relation to the proposed merger between Google, a powerful tech company, and Fitbit, a fitness tracker device manufacturer. We believe that the merger will seriously undermine our rights and we ask the regulators to block it!