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Privacy International et plus de 50 autres organisations ont soumis une lettre au PDG d'Alphabet Inc., Sundar Pichai, demandant à Google de prendre des mesures contre les logiciels préinstallés sur les appareils Android qui exploitent les données des utilisateurs.

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Evidence gathered during the run up to the election demonstrates that current regulations are not fit for the digital era and must be reformed.

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The Government of Myanmar proposes a national digital ID and biometric SIM registration system in absence of data protection laws and security safeguards.

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PI submitted with its partners a joint stakeholder report on the state of privacy in view of Kenya's review at the 35th session of the Universal Periodic Review.

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Privacy International calls for the Swedish draft proposal conferring government hacking powers to law enforcement authorities to be rejected.

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The EU's border control agency mysteriously cancelled a surveillance system, after we asked a few questions.

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On November 1, 2019, we submitted evidence to an inquiry carried out by the Scottish Parliament into the use of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) for policing purposes. In our submissions, we noted that the rapid advances in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and the
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In October 2019, PI responded to the UK Information Commissioner’s (ICO) consultation on a draft Code of Practice for the use of personal data in political campaigning. This follows on from PI's submission in December 2018, to the ICO’s Call for Views. PI welcomes the draft Code of Practice as a
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Privacy International's submission to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests.

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We welcome the effort by the Government of Kenya to give life to and specify the right to privacy, already enshrined in Article 31(c) and (d) of the Constitution of Kenya by proposing a draft Data Protection Act. We particularly appreciate the direct reference to this Constitutional right in the
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PI is increasingly concerned that democratic participation can be inhibited by novel and unhindered surveillance both by governments and companies. To safeguard our rights, earlier this year, we launched our work programme, Defending Democracy and Dissent, which aims to investigate the role
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Our campaign to Challenge the Drivers of Surveillance aims to expose, make accountable, and change the practices of powerful countries who directly encourage and enable other governments around the world to conduct surveillance. We will stop the transfer of unlawful surveillance, and promote the transfer of adequate privacy protections. 

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Agreed in 2015, the EU Trust Fund for Africa uses development aid and cooperation funds to manage and deter migration to Europe. It currently funds numerous projects presenting urgent threats to privacy, including developing biometric databases, training security units in surveillance, and equipping
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The Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) is a external instrument proposed under the EU's next 2021-2027 budget. It will provide funding for surveillance, border security, and migration management projects in third countries currently undertaken by a number of
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This report, which was authored by Lorand Laskai, who is a JD Candidate at Yale Law School, provides an overview of the surveillance technology and training that the Chinese government supplies to countries around the world. China, European countries, Israel, the US, and Russia, are all major
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The UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, along with Government Digital Services, made a Call for Evidence on Digital Identity. In our response, Privacy International reiterated the need for a digital identity system to have a clear purpose, in this case to enable people