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The hidden cost of digital health services

New research from our partners at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) reveals Indian health websites and apps are sharing intimate health-related data with third parties such as Facebook and Google. 

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Q&A: Our challenge with Liberty against MI5 and the Home Secretary (2023)

We won our case against the UK’s Security Service (MI5) and the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD)

Following on from our initial reaction, we answer some key questions about the judgement below.

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PI’s Guide to International Law and Surveillance

PI’s Guide to International Law and Surveillance aims to provide the most hard-hitting results that reinforce and strengthen the core principles and standards of international law on surveillance. You can find UN resolutions, independent expert reports and international human rights bodies jurisprudence.

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News

30th January 2023

Press: Landmark ruling exposes years of rule breaking by MI5

19th August 2021

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

4th February 2021

South African Constitutional Court declares bulk surveillance powers unlawful

6th April 2020

We must protect people in vulnerable situations during lockdown or quarantine

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”

11th April 2019

Communities at risk: How governments are using tech to target migrants

Examples of Abuse

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

Design flaw leaves Bluetooth devices vulnerable

An engineering and computer science professor and his team from The Ohio State University discovered a design flaw in low-powered Bluetooth devices that leaves them susceptible to hacking.

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