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Trade, and the people who negotiate trade agreements, fundamentally misunderstand data, privacy and data protection.

It is time that these companies - which operate within the hidden data ecosystem - receive the attention and scrutiny they deserve. Our campaign to uncover this hidden data ecosystem began on 25 May 2018  the day the new EU data privacy law - GDPR - came into force. We will be using the law as a tool to investigate and hold to account a range of data companies that facilitate mass data exploitation.

The use of ‘mobile phone extraction’ tools enables police forces to download all of the content and data from people’s phones. This can apply to suspects, witnesses and even victims – without their knowledge.

In March 2018 the Guardian newspaper revealed that Cambridge Analytica was able to harvest data from Facebook -- and PI responded.

Powerful countries encourage and enable other governments to deploy advanced surveillance capabilities without adequate safeguards.

Governments share our data amongst each other.

How EdTech is turning schools into mass surveillance spaces.

Capita PLC must stop profiting from the UK’s 'hostile environment'