Mexico

Reports and Analysis

Long Read

Watching The Watchers: Accessing and Challenging Control Over Our Data

Privacy International is celebrating Data Privacy Week, where we’ll be talking about privacy and issues related to control, data protection, surveillance and identity. Join the conversation on Twitter using #dataprivacyweek. Exercising the right to privacy extends to the ability of accessing and

News

14th May 2019

WhatsApp and NSO: it's time for the British Government to act

14th January 2019

Undone by his own spying operation, arrest of drug lord shows how surveillance is used to perpetuate gender-based violence

12th May 2016

Mexican Supreme Court Fails Test To Stand Against Mass Surveillance. Next Candidate: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights

19th April 2016

Mexican Supreme Court’s Unique Opportunity To Stand Against Mass Surveillance

10th June 2014

Watching The Polls: How Spying Imperils Elections

22nd July 2013

Corruption Scandal Reveals Use Of FinFisher By Mexican Authorities

Examples of Abuse

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Mexican telcos grant government access to cell phone antennas

As part of Mexico City's March 31 lockdown, which shut all shops except those relating to health, food, and essential services, telephone companies will provide access to cell phone antennas to enable the Digital Agency of Public Innovation to monitor movement and personal contact. The information

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Our Advocacy

The Right to Privacy in the United Mexican States

This report is presented by Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales (R3D) and Privacy International (PI). La Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales (R3D) is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation located in Mexico, dedicated to the defence of human rights in the digital environment. Privacy

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