Advocacy

Campaigns, Legal Case Description, Advocacy

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!

Advocacy

The EU needs to provide assistance to migrants affected by Covid-19: our briefing to the European Parliament

The EU urgently needs to step up and provide assistance to protect the health and safety of people trapped in camps on the Greek islands: our briefing to the European Parliament.

Case Study

...it protects our beliefs

Everyone has the right to freely manifest their religion, to change it and to practice it alone or with others.

Advocacy

Consultation response for ID4D on the Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development

In March 2020, Privacy International responded to a consultation response for the World Bank's ID4D initiative's Principles on Identification for Development, offering an analysis of the principles themselves and also how they fit within the international debate on identification. We provided 12 main recommendations.

News & Analysis

Man looking at the window behind curtains

We must protect people in vulnerable situations during lockdown or quarantine

Those in a vulnerable situation - including human rights defenders - are not necessarily in a safer position during lockdown or quarantine measures due to greater exposure to the threats they are already facing, or due to their own activities.