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Protecting Civic Spaces

Imagine that every time you want to attend a march, religious event, political meeting, protest, or public rally, you must share deeply personal information with police and intelligence agencies, even when they have no reason to suspect you of wrongdoing. First, you need to go to the police to
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…it can protect our lives

Everyone has the right to life and to live freely and safety.

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…it can protect us from torture

No one has the right to torture you.

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News

24th February 2020

PI and Liberty submit a new legal challenge after MI5 admits that vast troves of personal data was held in “ungoverned spaces”

15th January 2020

Advocate General’s Opinion: national security mass retention regimes are incompatible with EU Law

13th September 2019

Privacy International Joins Call to Stop EU Militarisation

29th May 2019

Ghosts in Your Machine: Spooks Want Secret Access to Encrypted Messages

19th December 2018

The EU’s Next Budget Threatens Privacy Around the World for Decades to Come

26th April 2018

Press release: Privacy International issues complaint to UK Information Commissioner about police downloading data from phones of suspects, witnesses and even victims of crime without consent

Examples of Abuse

Want to know how this translate in the real world? Here is the latest example in the news.

Israel requires Palestinian residents to open phone data to military

While the agency that manages residence permits, the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories, is closed, Israel has instructed Palestinians seeking to verify whether their permits to remain in Israel are still valid to download the app Al Munasiq, which grants the military access to
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Our Advocacy

El Derecho a la Privacidad en los Estados Unidos Mexicanos

Este informe es presentado por la Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales (R3D) y Privacy International (PI). La Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales (R3D) es una organización no gubernamental, sin fnes de lucro, ubicada en México, dedicada a la defensa de los derechos humanos en el entorno
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