Protecting People
Privacy may seem like an abstract concept, but for many people and communities, government and corporate use of digital technologies can seriously compromise their privacy and have grave consequences for their safety. Whether it’s migrants crossing borders or environmentalists protesting against oil companies, at the heart of all of our campaigns is a focus on empowering individuals in the face of state and corporate power.
If we don’t intervene, people will lose control over their data and identities, and will become pawns in a bigger ecosystem in which they have no say, no agency and no power. We call for new safeguards, reductions in risks especially to targeted and marginalised communities, and meaningful rights of redress.
Identity systems create and facilitate exclusion, insecurity, and surveillance.
We all need to understand the range of surveillance tools that police forces around the world can
Demanding device sustainability through long-term software support and transparency from
The 'Free to Protest' campaign highlights the range of surveillance tools that the police can use to
Human rights defenders are continuously at risk of violence, intimidation and surveillance as a
In the rush to respond to Covid-19 and its aftermath, government and companies are exploiting data
PI is campaigning for 1) platforms to give all users heightened ad transparency and 2) for
The use of data and new technologies are driving a revolution in immigration enforcement, and
We work with others to ensure protection of and stop the exploitation of patient data because
People all over the world share with menstruation apps their deeply intimate data - the date of
We want a world which is safer for everyone, and at the heart of this is technologies which are
Governments are profiling people using their social media data -- effectively weaponising the
There is a growing push towards identity systems around the world - leading to some of the world's
We must compel governments to promote and respect the highest data protection standards.