Intelligence Sharing | Privacy International

In conversation with Edward Snowden

This case was made possible because of Edward Snowden’s disclosures in 2013, and through the combined work of Big Brother Watch, American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, Bytes for All, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, Hungarian

Report and Analysis

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PI’s Guide to International Law and Surveillance

PI’s Guide to International Law and Surveillance providing the most hard-hitting results that reinforce and strengthen the core principles and standards of international law on surveillance.

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Opening Stages in UN Cybercrime Treaty Talks Reflect Human Rights Risks

This piece by Tomaso Falchetta, Deborah Brown and Katitza Rodriguez was originally published in Just Security.

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Briefing on Privacy International Legal Case: Bulk personal datasets and bulk communications data challenge

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UK mass interception laws violates human rights and the fight continues...

On 25 May 2021, a Grand Chamber judgment against the UK broke new ground in the regulation of bulk interception capabilities requiring enhanced safeguards to protect the rights to privacy and freedom of expression against abuse. It is a complex judgment with lights and shades, and the fight against mass surveillance is not over. Find here our initial take on the judgment and what comes next.

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Q&A: Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights rules UK mass surveillance laws violate privacy and freedom of expression rights

On 25 May 2021, the Grand Chamber of the European Court issued a landmark ruling on UK mass surveillance practices. Below we answer some of your questions.

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The UK’s Privatised Migration Surveillance Regime: A Rough Guide for Civil Society

Privacy International has released a guide to how UK authorities track and monitor immigrants and the companies which profit.

News

19th August 2021

Afghanistan: What Now After Two Decades of Building Data-Intensive Systems?

23rd July 2021

UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal finds the regime for bulk communications data to be incompatible with EU law

18th September 2019

New Report Underlines the EU’s Strategy in the War on Migration: Border Externalisation

29th July 2019

Here’s the Surveillance the US Exports to Central America as Aid - And it’s Surviving Trump’s Cuts

29th July 2019

Esta es la vigilancia que Estados Unidos está exportando a Centroamérica como ayuda. Y está sobreviviendo a los recortes de Trump

21st November 2018

Unregulated intelligence sharing poses substantive risks to human rights and to the democratic rule of law

7th November 2017

Recap: 10 Human Rights Organisations vs. The United Kingdom

1st November 2017

Landmark UK Surveillance Case To Be Heard In Strasbourg Tomorrow

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New historic judgment: Members of José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective v Colombia

New historic judgment by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights declaring the Republic of Colombia internationally responsible for human rights violations, including privacy, against several members of a human rights defenders groups and their relatives