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Surveillance Company Cellebrite Finds a New Exploit: Spying on Asylum Seekers

Cellebrite, a surveillance firm marketing itself as the “global leader in digital intelligence”, is marketing its digital extraction devices at a new target: authorities interrogating people seeking asylum. Israel-based Cellebrite, a subsidiary of Japan’s Sun Corporation, markets forensic tools

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New U.K. Law Fails European Court Standards on Mass Interception Disclosed by Snowden

This piece was originally published in Just Security. Earlier this month, the European Court of Human Rights issued a major judgment in three consolidated cases challenging the U.K. government’s mass interception program, which was first revealed by Edward Snowden in 2013. That judgment finds

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UK mass surveillance violates your rights

UK mass interception law violates human rights - but the fight against mass surveillance continues

The European Court of Human Rights ruled today that the UK government's mass interception program violates the rights to privacy and freedom of expression. The Court held that the program "is incapable of keeping the 'interference' to what is 'necessary in a democratic society'". This finding is an

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10th July 2019

The fight against mass surveillance continues in our 10 Human Rights Orgs case

11th April 2019

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

24th January 2019

Catt v. the United Kingdom - police powers to retain personal data in "extremism database" violates the rights of peace activist

23rd January 2019

Too big to care? Google and the exploitation of your data

21st January 2019

Statement on CNIL Google GDPR fine

2nd November 2018

Italy's Supreme Court decision limits hacking powers and applies safeguards

Examples of Abuse

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Liechtenstein adopts biometric electronic bracelets for nationwide health monitoring

Liechtenstein is the first European country to use biometric electronic bracelets to implement a real time coronavirus tracking programme. The bracelet, which sends skin temperature, breathing, and pulse, among other metrics, for analysis in a Swiss lab, is being offered to 5% of the population. The

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Our Advocacy

PI joins open letter to Facebook regarding ads transparency

UPDATE 13 February: Facebook announced that it would open up its Ad Archive API next month. Read Mozilla's statement about the response here. On 11 February 2019, Privacy International joined Mozilla and 36 organisations in an open letter to Facebook call on Facebook to make good on its commitments

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