Privacy International

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Everything you do online might be used to profile you. But who are the profilers? What do they do with your data? 🤔 privacyinternational.org/node/4398/

Learn more about the role of data and tech in elections by playing our elections card game instead of asking an AI agent 🤫 privacyinternational.org/long-read/5702…

In this video, US Senator Bernie Sanders asks AI agent Claude about AI collecting massive amounts of personal data and how that information is being used to violate our privacy rights. youtube.com/watch?v=h3AtWd…

What’s always motivated and inspired us is what privacy enables, and what we lose if we lose our privacy. That’s why we looked at the key role plays in protecting people’s freedoms. Read more: privacyinternational.org/learning-resou…

Intrusive surveillance technology is increasingly used during protests around the world, and is now being used to prosecute activists and peaceful protesters. Read our report: privacyinternational.org/node/5468

Read more about PI's views and work on the risks of digital health 👉️ privacyinternational.org/long-read/4671…

Biobank volunteers may have wanted their health data to be used for research purposes, but the systems they are being asked to put an enormous amount of trust in are fallible. And that trust is demolished by moments like this 🏚️

Half a million people's health data has been up for sale on Alibaba thanks to poor data management practices. It's a messy situation that reveals the deep risks of secondary use of health data 🫠 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Mr Thompson has stated he will appeal the decision in order to protect people from this invasive tech @BigBrotherWatch is crowdfunding to fund the appeal here: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-…

We have continued to raise concerns about the human rights implications of this highly invasive technology including racial bias and discriminatory outcomes, and the need for specific legislation to regulate it privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5741/…

We're disappointed by the UK High Court's judgement that the Met Police's use of live facial recognition technology is lawful after a judicial review was brought by claimants including knife crime campaigner Shaun Thompson who was misidentified by the tech bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases…

@The_TUC @WorkerInfoX Stories like these are why the ongoing negotiations for the @ilo's new treaty on the platform economy are so important privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5693/…

New @The_TUC and @WorkerInfoX report 'The human price of dynamic pay' is extremely concerning tuc.org.uk/sites/default/…

Democracy cannot be upheld if certain groups of people are categorically excluded from voting. It is therefore crucial that the technology used and data required during the electoral process does not lead to the exclusion of voters. Learn more: privacyinternational.org/long-read/5762…

The inclusion of unnecessary or unreliable information in voter registers can lead to discriminatory disenfranchisement. Additionally, inaccessible ballots and voting systems can exclude blind or partially sighted people from voting secretly.

The increasingly prominent role of data and tech in the election process can affect the right to privacy and lead to a chilling of political participation, particularly for minoritised groups.