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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.

News & Analysis

The EU needs to provide assistance to migrants affected by Covid-19. But their latest proposal does nothing of the kind.

The European Commission submitted a draft proposal to amend the general budget 2020 in order to, among other measures, provide assistance to Greece in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak. Unfortunately, the proposed distribution of funds will not ensure migrants' safety and access to healthcare, but will further enhance control and surveillance over them.

Press release

person wearing face mask looking at phone

Civil Society Sound Alarm Over Unprecedented Global Wave of Surveillance in Fight Against COVID-19

Over 100 Civil Society Organisations are today calling on governments to ensure that invasive measures introduced to respond to Covid-19 also respect human rights.

How can I stop someone putting spyware on my phone? (media card)

Case Study

…it protects marriage equality

Everyone has the right to marry when they are legally able regardless of their race, nationality or religion. Families should be protected by the Government and the justice system.

Case Study

…it protects our property

You have the right to own things. No one has the right to illegally take them from you.

Case Study

...it helps to protect our nationality

You have the right to belong to a country and have a nationality.

Advocacy

Nurses holding signs that say "We treat patients, not passports"

Covid-19 doesn't discriminate based on immigration status - nor should the Home Office

Privacy International has joined JCWI, Liberty, Medact and other UK civil society organisations to call on Priti Patel, the UK Home Secretary to enact urgent changes to ensure the safety of migrants in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Case Study

...it protects those fleeing from persecution

If you are persecuted at home, you have the right to seek protection in another country.

Advocacy

PI responds to ICO consultation on Direct Marketing Code of Practice

In March 2020, Privacy International responded to the UK Data Protection Authority's (ICO) consultation on a Code of Practice on Direct Marketing.

Case Study

…it protects our ability to move freely

You have the right to leave or move within your own country and you should be able to return.

Long Read

Bright Simons, one of the people quoted in the article, speaking at a conference

2020 is a crucial year to fight for data protection in Africa

Africa is a testing ground for technologies produced elsewhere: as a result, personal data of its people are increasingly stored in hundreds of databases.

Case Study

...it protects our bodily autonomy

You have right to decide freely and responsibly without coercion and violence the number, spacing and timing of children you may have and to have the information and means to do so, and the right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health.