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Content Type: Press release
On 18th August 2025, Privacy International has issued a formal complaint to the UK Information Commissioner (ICO) about the Home Office’s (HO) use of two automated tools in immigration enforcement operations, which PI argues do not adequately comply with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018). The Identify and Prioritise Immigration Cases (IPIC) tool and the Electronic Monitoring Review Tool (EMRT) appear to be used to make life-altering…
Content Type: Long Read
On the basis of a year of legal research by PI as well as documents obtained by other civil society organisations, and evidence provided by legal representatives fighting these automated systems on behalf of their clients, on the 18th August 2025, we issued a formal complaint to the UK Information Commissioner (ICO) regarding the UK Home Office’s use of two ‘automated recommendation-making tools’ (ARMTs), the Identify and Prioritise Immigration Cases tool (IPIC) and the Electronic Monitoring…
Content Type: Advocacy
PI Opening Statement at PEGA Hearing on "Spyware used in third countries and implications for EU foreign relations"
Thank you very much for offering me the opportunity to give evidence before this Committee for another time on behalf of Privacy International (or PI) – a London-based non-profit that researches and advocates globally against government and corporate abuses of data and technology.
My opening statement will first briefly touch on the EU foreign policy’s priorities. I will…
Content Type: Press release
The decision by the EU’s oversight body follows a year-long inquiry prompted by complaints outlining how EU bodies and agencies are cooperating with governments around the world to increase their surveillance powers filed by Privacy International, Access Now, the Border Violence Monitoring Network, Homo Digitalis, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and Sea-Watch.The complainants welcome the decision by the European Ombudsman and call on the Commission to urgently review its…
Content Type: News & Analysis
The UK government has acknowledged that section 8(4) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (“RIPA”) (which has since been repealed) violated Articles 8 and 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). In relation to Article 10, it specifically acknowledged that the way in which security agencies handled confidential journalistic material violated fundamental rights protected by Article 10.
As part of a friendly settlement with two applicants, the UK government acknowledged…