North America

State of Privacy

State of Privacy

State of Privacy Mexico

Mexico

Our Advocacy

Advocacy

@ Social Media: Protect Your Users From Border Surveillance!

Social media monitoring
Advocacy

Disinformation in electoral contexts - engagement with the InterAmerican Commission of Human Rights

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Privacy International et al. v. FBI et al. (US Hacking FOIA)

Privacy International et al. v. FBI et al. (US Hacking FOIA)

Advocacy

Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue Resolution on Competition, Privacy and Consumer Welfare

Resolution on Competition, Privacy and Consumer Welfare
Advocacy

Our complaints against Acxiom, Criteo, Equifax, Experian, Oracle, Quantcast, Tapad

Our complaints against Acxiom, Criteo, Equifax, Experian, Oracle, Quantcast, Tapad
Legal Case Description
Smart Meter Cartoon

Naperville Smart Meter Awareness v. City of Naperville

Legal Case Description
FBI Hacking

United States v. Levin, United States v. Werdene, United States v. Eure, United States v. Tippens (FBI Hacking)

Advocacy

The Right to Privacy in the United Mexican States

The Right to Privacy in the United Mexican States
Advocacy

No Presten Atención al Hombre Detrás de la Cortina: Exponiendo y Desafiando a los Gobiernos que Recurren al Hackeo para Fines de Vigilancia

No Presten Atención al Hombre Detrás de la Cortina: Exponiendo y Desafiando a los Gobiernos que Recurren al Hackeo para Fines de Vigilancia
Advocacy

Pay No Attention To That Man Behind the Curtain: Exposing and Challenging Government Hacking for Surveillance

Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain: Exposing and Challenging Government Hacking for Surveillance
Advocacy

Submission to US Department of State regarding collection of social media information

Submission to US Department of State regarding collection of social media information
Advocacy

El Derecho a la Privacidad en los Estados Unidos Mexicanos

El Derecho a la Privacidad en los Estados Unidos Mexicanos
Advocacy

A guide to GDPR for US companies

A guide to GDPR for US companies
Legal Case Description
NSA

Privacy International v. National Security Agency, Office of the Director of National intelligence, Department of State, and National Archives and Records Administration (US Five Eyes FOIA)

Legal Case Description
United States v. Microsoft Corp.

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

Reports and Analysis

Long Read

Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency Libra: Not to be Confused with Libre

Scales of Libra
Long Read

We Need to Fix the ‘Data Wild West’

Pioneer Saloon
Long Read

Who supplies the data, analysis, and tech infrastructure to US immigration authorities?

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Report

Submission to the US Federal Trade Commission on the intersection between privacy, big data, and competition

Submission to the US Federal Trade Commission on the intersection between privacy, big data, and competition
Report

Teach 'em to Phish: State Sponsors of Surveillance

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Long Read

Teach ‘em to Phish: State Sponsors of Surveillance

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Long Read

Why and how GDPR applies to companies globally

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Long Read

Newly Disclosed Documents on the Five Eyes Alliance and What They Tell Us about Intelligence-Sharing Agreements

Pine Gap aerial view
Long Read

Why the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook scandal is a wake-up call for all governments: Seven steps for a global response

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Long Read

True Profits: The Surveillance-Industrial Complex and the NSA Laboratory Doing Tests On Our Data To "Beat The News"

True profits: The surveillance-industrial complex and the NSA laboratory doing tests on our data to "beat the news"
Long Read

Watching The Watchers: Accessing and Challenging Control Over Our Data

Access and Control
Long Read

The “Backdoor Search Loophole” Isn’t Our Only Problem: The Dangers of Global Information Sharing

NSA headquarters
Long Read

In the U.S.-U.K. Deal, Both Sides Deserve Scrutiny

UK-USA flags
Long Read

The Weak Link in a Double Act: U.K. Law is Inadequate for Proposed Cross-Border Data Request Deal

Department of Justice
Long Read

DOJ Cross-Border Legislation: Meeting Human Rights Requirements from Both Sides of the Pond

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News and Updates

News & Analysis

Here’s the Surveillance the US Exports to Central America as Aid - And it’s Surviving Trump’s Cuts

US AID
News & Analysis

Esta es la vigilancia que Estados Unidos está exportando a Centroamérica como ayuda. Y está sobreviviendo a los recortes de Trump

US AID
News & Analysis

ICE is Paying Millions to Surveillance Company to Spy on People’s Communications

ICE Arrest
News & Analysis

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

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News & Analysis

Cambridge Analytica, GDPR - 1 year on - a lot of words and some action

Cambridge Analytica, GDPR - 1 year on - a lot of words and some action
News & Analysis

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

Rohingya
News & Analysis

Guess what? Facebook still tracks you on Android apps (even if you don't have a Facebook account)

Facebook still tracks you on Android apps
News & Analysis

We’re Suing the Government to Learn Its Rules for When It Hacks Into People’s Devices

We’re Suing the Government to Learn Its Rules for When It Hacks Into People’s Devices
Press release

PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL, ACLU DEMAND GOVERNMENT DISCLOSE NATURE AND EXTENT OF HACKING ACTIVITIES

News & Analysis

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

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman
News & Analysis

Blank Space: Why Taylor Swift doing facial recognition is a bad idea

Taylor swift holding a phone (from the videoclip)
News & Analysis

What to Expect

What to Expect
News & Analysis

What to remember when listening to big tech "embrace privacy"

What to remember when listening to big tech "embrace privacy"
News & Analysis

Shining a Light on Federal Law Enforcement’s Use of Computer Hacking Tools

Hacking FBI
News & Analysis

Tech executives are testifying in Congress today — monopolies, power, and data

Tech executives are testifying in Congress today — monopolies, power, and data