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Moving Goalposts: Football, Facial Recognition and the Expansion of Surveillance
Football in the UK is more than a game. Stadiums are spaces of community, identity and expression. Our new report looks at what happens when facial recognition enters that space.
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What does it mean when Big Tech goes to war?
Governments are making a hard shift to military AI dominance. If the AI industry builds it, they’ll come for us all.
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What does Prosus's buyout mean for JustEat drivers?
Just Eat Takeaway have been being bought out by Prosus a tech investor based in the Netherlands. We explore what that might mean for Just Eat's drivers.
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The ILO Convention on decent work in the the platform economy
Privacy International and global allies are engaging in the drafting process of an ILO Convention and Recommendation concerning decent work in the platform economy.
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Advocacy
Joint Statement on New Finnish Social Welfare Laws’ Human Rights Implications
Privacy International, the European Disability Forum, and a Finnish Disability forum representative issue statement warning that Finland's new social welfare legal reforms pose threats to human rights, including the right to privacy.
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Privacy International & Women on Web - Securing Reproductive Justice: A Guide to Digital Privacy for Sexual and Reproductive Justice Activists
In 2024, Privacy International (PI) and
Women on Web
(WoW) surveyed sexual and reproductive justice (SRJ) activists to gather their concerns and experiences with privacy and surveillance when conducting their work in digital spaces. Based on their feedback and experiences, we have created a practical guide that SRJ activists can use to help protect their privacy online and to secure their devices.
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The Anthropic and US Government conflict is larger than you think
While Anthropic and the US government fight over surveillance of American citizens, the world is getting militarised.
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Analysis of the Disclosures following the ICO Enforcement Notice on GPS Tagging of Migrants
After the UK data protection authority founded that the UK Government’s GPS tagging of migrants arriving to the UK by small boats and other “irregular” routes was unlawful, PI continued to monitor and research the Home Office's policies and practices relating to the GPS tagging of migrants. In this piece we present our findings.
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UK Justice and Home Affairs Committee publishes report on electronic monitoring
The UK parliamentary committee’s report following their investigation into electronic monitoring and GPS tagging questions its use in the context of immigration and highlights the ethical and legal concerns of this practice, as raised by PI.
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