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Content type: Guide step
Depending on where in the world you are visiting from, websites may seek consent as one way to justify their collection of data about you. This has become general practice across the web, and the typical way to ask for user consent is via banners that pop up first thing when the webpage loads. Often these banners will make use of design elements and user interfaces aiming to mislead or influence you in giving away consent to collect and process your data - these are called Dark Patterns and are…
Content type: Press release
Privacy International (PI)FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEUnited Kingdom goes after Apple's encrypted dataThe United Kingdom has used its investigatory powers to force disclosure of private data held by Apple Inc."The United Kingdom's unprecedented attack on individuals' private data around the globe is disproportionate and unnecessary.""This is a fight the UK should not have picked. The reported details suggest the UK is seeking the ability to access encrypted information Apple users store on iCloud, no…
Content type: Advocacy
Our joint stakeholder report made the following recommendations: Strengthen the implementation of Data Protection Act, 2019 and make clear in law and in relevant guidelines that personal data from the electoral register which has been made accessible is still subject to, and protected, by data protection law, including for onward processing.Ensure that there is an effective legal and regulatory framework in place to guarantee a human rights-based approach in the design and deployment of…
Content type: Advocacy
Our submission made the following recommendations to the Committee regarding the Kenya:Review and amend the proposed digital identity system, the Maisha Numba, to ensure it aligns with Kenya’s national and international human rights obligations in its design and implementation, and adopts legal, policy and technical safeguards to prevent exclusion and marginalisation.Ensure that measures taken to develop digital public infrastructures abide by Kenya’s national and international human rights…
Content type: Advocacy
Privacy International has suggested the Committee consider the following recommendations for the UK government:Address longstanding concerns regarding the use of surveillance mechanisms by the Department for Work and Pensions, including covert practices, by ensuring transparency, accountability, and the protection of individuals’ rights within its fraud prevention initiatives.Recognise and address the risks that the use of AI technologies poses to access to social benefits, including the…
Content type: Advocacy
In Colombia, the government utilises the National System for the Identification of Potential Social Program Beneficiaries, Sisbén (Sistema de Identificación de Potenciales Beneficiarios de Programas Sociales), a classification algorithm that ranks individuals by income level to determine access to social assistance programs. The implementation of this algorithm is problematic, and our submission raises the following issues:Sisbén is exclusionary by design. Its inefficiency in accurately…
Content type: Legal Case Files
In December 2023, Haki na Sheria filed a case titled Haki na Sheria Initiative v Attorney General & 4 others (Petition 196 of 2023) before the High Court of Kenya challenging the constitutionality of the Maisha Namba Digital Identity Ecosystem. This new system aims to digitalise civil and personal registration, utilising a Unique Personal Identification (UPI) and Digital ID, among other features. However, the new ID system still fails to address issues previously identified by PI and…
Content type: Video
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Content type: Advocacy
We responded to the Home Office consultation on codes of practices under the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 (IPAA). Our response focused on (1) the draft codes relating to bulk personal datasets with low or no reasonable expection of privacy, (2) third-party bulk personal datasets and (3) the notices regime. You can download our full response with its 23 recommendations for reform at the bottom of this page.'Low Privacy' Bulk Personal DatasetsThe IPAA introduces a new concept of…
Content type: News & Analysis
Together 12 organisations, including trade unions and NGOs across the EU and the UK, are asking Deliveroo, Uber, and Just Eat Takeaway to take serious steps to significantly improve the transparency and explainability around the algorithms they use to manage their workforce.These platforms rely heavily on the use of algorithms to manage many aspect of their workers employment, from account creation, to account suspension to how much workers get paid. Yet, it’s almost impossible for workers to…
Content type: Advocacy
Algorithmic management of workers has become the norm for gig-economy platforms, with workers obligated to give up an immense amount of personal data just to go to work. Decisions made by these algorithms can determine how much individuals are paid and even whether their employment or accounts are suspended or terminated. Yet, workers are often not provided with satisfactory explanations as to how these decisions are made. This lack of transparency means that decisions made through the "black-…
Content type: People
Serhat is a Legal Officer at Privacy International. His work primarily relates to countering authoritarianism and surveillance at borders, the militarization of technology, and authoritarian technologies. Serhat is admitted as an attorney in Turkey. Prior to joining Privacy International, Serhat worked in the fields of international humanitarian and human rights law with the International Committee of the Red Cross. His work mainly related to international humanitarian law, advocacy, and…
Content type: Long Read
Intrusive surveillance technology is increasingly used during protests around the world, and we’ve been tracking its use around the world for years.This technology is often being deployed in secret, without a clear legal basis and without the safeguards and oversight applied to other surveillance technologies under international human rights law.We’ve increasingly observed the use of unlawfully generated and collected data from these technologies being used in court against people exercising…