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Bulk Personal Datasets & Bulk Communications Data challenge
PI challenges the acquisition, use, retention, disclosure, storage and deletion of bulk personal datasets and bulk communications data by the UK Security and Intelligence Agencies.
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
Colombia Police Code
Privacy International filed an intervention at the Colombian Constitutional court challenging the mass surveillance provisions contained in the Colombian Police Code.
(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.
(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.
MI5 ungoverned spaces challenge
Privacy International, together with Liberty, challenges MI5's data-handling arrangements before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal.
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.
Members of José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective v Colombia
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights holds Colombia accountable for arbitrary intelligence activities against human rights defenders. PI filed an amicus in this case challenging the surveillance of human rights defenders in Colombia.
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.