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Briefing: Controlling the UK's Private Intelligence Industry

New briefing details the growth of the private intelligence industry in the UK and what needs to be done about it.

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Huawei and Surveillance in Zimbabwe

We explore Zimbabwe's embrace of surveillance technologies, and the Zimbabwean government's increasingly close relationship with Huawei.

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Operating from the Shadows: Inside NSO Group’s Corporate Structure

In this briefing, PI together with Amnesty International and SOMO seek to aid civil society efforts toward greater oversight, accountability and remedy of corporate structures that have been reported to contribute to government surveillance of individuals, including human rights defenders.

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Migration Surveillance Regime

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.
 

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The Corona Contracts: Public-Private Partnerships and the Need for Transparency

No Tech For Tyrants, a UK grassroots organisation, is explaining Palantir's involvement with the UK government, including their partnership with the NHS. They explore the concerns public-private partnerships between Palantir and governments raise , and what this means for our rights.

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Case Study

“Thousands of Cameras” - a citizen response to mass biometric surveillance

SHARE, an organisation based in Belgrade, are investigating Huawei's dealings with the Serbian government. In this case study, they explain what obstacles they faced and how they used public action to overcome them.

 

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News

9th November 2023

Revealed: UK MPs “asleep at the wheel” as government ramps up facial recognition technology

27th July 2021

Taming Pegasus: A Way Forward on Surveillance Tech Proliferation

22nd July 2021

Press note: Release of report "Operating from the Shadows: Inside NSO Group’s Corporate Structure"

16th November 2020

Can we get our internet back now please?

26th August 2020

UN experts report highlights role of private military and security companies in immigration management

11th June 2020

Why Amazon's temporary ban of police use of facial recognition is not enough

2nd April 2020

The EU needs to provide assistance to migrants affected by Covid-19. But their latest proposal does nothing of the kind.

18th September 2019

Europe’s Shady Funds to Border Forces in the Sahel

Examples of Abuse

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

LA police ask Ring owners for footage of protests against police violence

Emails obtained by EFF show that the Los Angeles Police Department contacted Amazon Ring owners specifically asking for footage of protests against racist police violence that took place across the US in the summer of 2020. LAPD signed a formal partnership with Ring and its associated "Neighbors"
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Civil society response to call for inputs for Global Study on the Impact of Counter-Terrorism Measures on Civil Society and Civic Space

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Ten civil society organisations submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights

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