Privacy International
For a world where technology will empower and enable us, not exploit our data for profit and power.
https://privacyinternational.org
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- 🇰🇪 MASSIVE WIN FOR PRIVACY! On 5th May, the High Court of Kenya delivered a landmark verdict in the WorldCoin case. Justice Aburili ruled Worldcoin must: 👉 delete the biometric data of over 300,000 Kenyans within 7 days ❌ 👉 halt further data collection and processing 🚫
- Big Tech is being reined in by Europe and the US, and we’re pretty excited about it. These are key moments of progress after years of work, but is it enough? privacyinternational.org/long-read/55...
- 🆕 Period tracking apps have become a key part of managing our reproductive health. Our latest research examines the potential risks they pose for the privacy of our intimate reproductive health data. 👇 privacyinternational.org/learning-res...
- NEW: @unredacteduk.bsky.social Five Eyes project brings together a large collection of previously declassified documents on the Five Eyes intelligence sharing in the postwar era 👀
- Reposted by Privacy InternationalNEW: our Five Eyes project launches today in partnership with @privacyint.bsky.social bringing together a large collection of previously declassified documents on Five Eyes intelligence sharing in the postwar era unredacted.uk/projects/fiv...
- Last week, the EU Commission announced penalties against Apple and Meta - the first ones for breaking rules under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
- Interested in data privacy and voter rights in Pakistan? Our partner Digital Rights Foundation has published an important study on the challenges posed by the increased integration of technology into electoral processes.
- Not only are many online ads super annoying, but they are often fueled by a dirty data industry. We want you to know that there are small steps you can take right now to fight back. Read our short how-to guides on ad blocking 👇
- ❗ We're hiring for a Legal Officer! Do you want to work with a London-based team that works across the world to hold governments to account and challenge companies who exploit our data? Please apply to join us! 👉
- Annoyed at the ads that are constantly served to you? You don't have to be! You can bypass them and keep pesky advertising companies away from your data. Read our Ad Blocking 101 guides to learn more.
- 🪧 PROSECUTED FOR PROTESTING 🪧 Intrusive surveillance technology is increasingly used during protests around the world, and is now being used to prosecute activists and peaceful protesters. Read stories from those affected:
- The US government is expanding its border surveillance, and we've seen before that this expansion will tempt other governments around the world to follow suit. 👇
- 🗳️ Our partner Transparencia Electoral has created an extensive and interactive index on data protection in Latin America. The index evaluates laws & regulations around data protection during the election cycle in 16 countries in the region. Check it out: transparenciaelectoral.org/privacidad-d...
- 👀 ICYMI: The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has handed down a judgment in the highly debated Apple challenge against the UK Home Office. investigatorypowerstribunal.org.uk/wp-content/u...
- We're hiring for a Legal Officer! Do you want to work with a London-based team that works across the world to hold governments to account and challenge companies who exploit our data? Please apply to join us!
- Read IRPImedia's investigation report on Italy's law enforcement agency Guardia di Finanza and Frontex (the European Border and Coast Guard Agency)'s use of drones in the Mediterranean: irpimedia.irpi.eu/en-the-silen...
- Better regulations and standards, ground-breaking court rulings, stopped big-tech merger and more. 💪 See key highlights of our impact in our material 👇
