Transportation | Privacy International

Report and Analysis

Report

PI's briefing on travellers' surveillance

PI's report on Travellers’ surveillance: The role of the UN Countering Terrorist Travel Programme

Long Read

Travellers’ surveillance: The role of the UN Countering Terrorist Travel Programme

In this briefing, we identify the most significant concerns on the UN Countering Terrorist Travel Programme (CTTP), and put forward a range of recommendations to mitigate some of the human rights risks associated with the surveillance of travellers.

Long Read

Invisible Manipulation: 10 ways our data is being used against us

The era where we were in control of the data on our own computers has been replaced with devices containing sensors we cannot control, storing data we cannot access, in operating systems we cannot monitor, in environments where our rights are rendered meaningless. Soon the default will shift from us

Report

Connected Cars: What Happens To Our Data On Rental Cars?

When you rent a car at the airport, use a car-share for a family day trip, one of the first things you are likely to do before setting off on your journey, is to connect your phone to the car. You switch on the Bluetooth and see a list of other people’s phones that were previously connected - Mike’s

Case Study

Case Study: Connected Cars And The Future Of Car Travel In The Digital Age

As society heads toward an ever more connected world, the ability for individuals to protect and manage the invisible data that companies and third parties hold about them, becomes increasingly difficult. This is further complicated by events like data breaches, hacks, and covert information

Case Study

Case Study: Connected Cars and the Future of Car Travel in the Digital Age

News

4th April 2025

The US border surveillance expansion has global implications

31st July 2018

Renting a car this holiday season? You may leave more than your phone charger behind..

5th December 2017

Press Release: New report shows how car rental companies are failing to protect drivers' information

3rd April 2017

Is Your Car Connected?

11th January 2007

PI and ACLU call for repeal of EU-US agreement on data transfers

Examples of Abuse

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

China: Guangzhou installs temperature and identity-checking tablet on buses

The Guangzhou Public Transportation Group has installed a biometric tablet next to bus drivers' seats so they can check the temperature and identity of every passenger who boards. The tablets will also photograph each passenger, allowing them to be identified by China's facial recognition network in

See more examples of abuse