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PI is not the only actor working to defend our privacy. Many others file cases around the world seeking to restrain exploitative or otherwise problematic practices. Where possible, PI files interventions or amicus briefs in these important cases. Below you will find links to our current and past interventions.

PI's complaints to regulators
Cases PI filed
PI's legal submissions in cases filed by others

United States v. Microsoft Corp. (Law Enforcement Cross-Border Data Access)

Privacy International filed an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court challenging law enforcement access to personal data stored abroad
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Microsoft legal case screenshot

Apple v FBI

Privacy International filed an amicus curiae brief outlining the international implications of eroding safety features on mobile phones
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In the Matter of the Search of an Apple iPhone Seized during the Execution of a Search Warrant on a Black Lexus IS300, California License Plate 35KGD203 (“Apple v. FBI”)

Human Rights Watch and Others v. United Kingdom (UK Mass Surveillance)

Seven applicants complaints testing the scope of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal's prerogative to conduct investigations. Their legal action was a result of PI’s campaign and support
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people's hands at protest

Association Confraternelle de la Judiciaire v. France (France 24 July 2015 Law on Intelligence)

Challenging the use of surveillance technologies in the context of terrorism-related measures
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Legal paper screenshot

Naperville Smart Meter Awareness v. Naperville (US Smart Meters)

Smart meters can generate invasive data on households.
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Smart Meter Cartoon

Catt v. the United Kingdom

In September 2016, Privacy International intervened in the case of Catt v. the United Kingdom before the European Court of Human Rights.
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Catt

Breyer v. Germany

General data retention obligations interfere with anonymity, which is an integral tool for individuals to protect their rights to privacy and free expression.
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Breyer

Khadija Ismayilova v. Azerbaijan

The case concerns an alleged smear campaign against Ismayilova, a well-known investigative journalist.
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Ismayilova v Azerbaijan

Doe v. Cisco

Privacy International filed an amicus brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a case challenging the use of Cisco technology for the persecution of the Falun Gong minority in China.
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Falun Gong practitioners in NYC

Tele2/Watson

A landmark case before the European Court of Justice on communications data retention where PI had intervened.
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Image by Gwenael Piaser licensed under CC BY 2.0

Szabo v. Hungary (Hungary Mass Surveillance)

Privacy International intervened in a case before the European Court of Human Rights successfully challenging the unfettered use of surveillance measures as part of anti-terrorism legislation
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Satellite dishes against sunset background

Application Number 2016Heonma388 (Korea Subscriber Data Access)

Privacy International submitted an intervention to the Korean Constitutional Court challenging provisions of the Telecommunications Business Act
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Surveillance cameras

Hungary Data Retention 2015

Privacy International challenged the compatibility of the Hungarian Electronic Communications Act with EU law in an intervention before the Hungarian Constitutional Court.
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Front of courthouse

Colombia Police Code

Privacy International filed an intervention at the Colombian Constitutional court challenging the mass surveillance provisions contained in the Colombian Police Code.
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Mass surveillance cameras

LQDN, FDN and others v. France

PI intervened in a French case challenging the retention of personal data under French law first at national level and then before the Court of Justice of the European Union.
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Outside the European Court of Justice

amaBhungane and Sole challenge

PI intervened in the case challenging the constitutionality of South African surveillance law.
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South African flag

GFF Challenge to use of government spyware (Germany)

On 30 September 2019, Privacy International submitted a statement to the German Constitutional Court in a case concerning the government use of spyware, such as state trojans, in the context of criminal investigations.
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Replica trojan horse

European Commission's review of the Google/Fitbit merger

Our intervention before the Commission in its review of the merger between Google and Fitbit
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Salman Butt v the United Kingdom

In March 2021 Privacy International intervened in a case in the European Court of Human Rights which challenges the use of social media intelligence by governmental agencies.
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Face Exchange

Pietrzak and others v Poland

PI, together with Article19 and EFF intervened to outline how unrestricted surveillance of communications data interferences with the right to privacy and threatens freedom of expression.
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Challenging TikTok's exploitation of children's data

PI supports the claim brought against TikTok in the Netherlands by the Foundation Take Back Your Privacy, which alleges that TikTok exploits the personal data of children users in violation of their privacy and data protection rights.
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TikTok app on a phone in the hand of a person

Podchasov v. Russia

In December 2021, PI intervened in a case before the European Court of Human Rights which, among others, deals with a disclosure order that would facilitate “the decoding of communications”.

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Enigma encryption-machine

R (HM and MA and KH) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Privacy International intervened in a landmark case brought in the UK courts by asylum seekers against mobile phone seizures and data extraction. Judgment was handed down on 25 March 2022. The High Court found that the secret and blanket policy of the UK Home Office to seize and search migrants'
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police officer extracting data from phone

Bodinier and others v France

PI intervened to emphasise the legal standards applicable to redress mechanisms available to victims of unlawful surveillance
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Monument of Winged Victory of Samothrace, exhibited at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.

Demanding a remedy for everyone: who can challenge UK's secret surveillance?

Seven applicants sought review from the European Court of Human Rights of the UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal’s refusal to hear their challenges to the UK intelligence services mass intercpetion practices. Their legal action was a result of PI’s campaign and support
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people's hands at protest

(Still) Challenging mass interception from the UK: HRW and others v UK

The applicants challenged the UK’s mass interception regime following PI’s campaign and support. As part of a friendly settlement reached by the parties in this case, the UK government admits that they violated the applicants’ rights to privacy and freedom of expression.
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people's hands at protest

(Still) Challenging mass interception from outside the UK: Wieder and Guarnieri v the UK

Two individuals applied to the European Court of Human Rights to challenge a UK tribunal’s refusal to investigate UK intelligence agencies’ interference with their right to privacy.
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people's hands at protest

Meta Platforms v Competition and Markets Authority

Court: Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) Case No. 1429/4/12/21 Status: Closed Update: In June 2022, the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) upheld the CMA’s decision on five of Meta’s six grounds of appeal, noting it had “no hesitation” in concluding the CMA’s finding that the merger substantially
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Meta v. CMA

ISER & Others v Attorney General of Uganda & Another

We filed an expert affidavit in a case challenging Uganda's digital ID system, Ndaga Muntu.

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