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How facial recognition is spreading in Italy : the case of Como - 25 septembre 2020
The municipality of Como, Italy, purchased a facial recognition system, which was bought, installed, and tested for months with little transparency and despite the lack of a clear legal framework. To do so it embraced a narrative of technological innovation pushed by Huawei but was forced, after the intervention (...)
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UN experts report highlights role of private military and security companies in immigration management - 13 septembre 2020
A new UN experts report shines light on the role of private military and security services in immigration and border management and their impact to the rights of all migrants.
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The report highlights the responsibilities of private actors in human rights abuses a well as lack of oversight and, (...)
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Un ancien directeur de la NSA rejoint le conseil d’administration d’Amazon - 11 septembre 2020
Keith Alexander, l’un des artisans de la surveillance électronique de masse dénoncée par Edward Snowden, sera chargé de superviser l’audit du géant américain.
Nommé sous l’administration Bush, le général Keith Alexander a dirigé de 2005 à 2013 la NSA, l’Agence nationale de sécurité américaine, dont les missions principales (...)
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Home Office hands IBM £7m police database deal without competitive tender - 26 août 2020
The Home Office has handed IBM a £7m contract to support the development of a controversial police ‘mega-database’ that has been beset by costly delays and privacy concerns.
The deal, which controversially did not go to competitive tender, was disclosed in an award notice last week that analysts said was light on (...)
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UK Law Enforcement Data Service (LEDS) : the new police mega-database - 23 août 2020
The Home Office is currently developing a UK-wide police ’super-database’ containing a vast amount of data, which mixes both evidential and intelligence material. Here is why PI is concerned about LEDS and what we are doing about it.
The Law Enforcement Data Service (LEDS) is a unified, common interface to a new (...)
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Our response to Google : Privacy isn’t a Luxury - 21 août 2020
Back in January, Privacy International and over 50 other organisations wrote to Google asking the company to take action over pre-installed apps that cannot be deleted (often known as “bloatware”), which can leave users vulnerable to their data being collected, shared and exposed without their knowledge or consent. (...)
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Bosses started spying on remote workers. Now they’re fighting back - 16 août 2020
Surveilling software is flourishing during the pandemic. And employees are finding creative ways of evading the company gaze
In 2017, David* found something peculiar mounted under his desk in Barclays’ London headquarters. It was a small, rectangular box. Branded across it was ‘OccupEye’ and the tagline, ‘Automated (...)
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The original Big Tech is working closer than ever with governments to combat coronavirus – with no scrutiny - 10 août 2020
Telecom companies are at the core of the world’s communication universe. Since the coronavirus pandemic, they’ve been passing even more sensitive data to governments. It’s time they were held as accountable as Google and Facebook.
The texts can arrive at any time. Recipients are told they’ve been exposed to the (...)
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A recipe for hypocrisy : democracies export surveillance tech without human rights - 28 juillet 2020
As is, global trade in surveillance technology is a race to the bottom, in which liberal democratic governments continue to criticise the behaviour of others while using it to justify their own. In a twisted consequence of profits over human rights, democracies also continue to be the primary exporters of (...)
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Israel’s coronavirus surveillance is an example for others - of what not to do - 25 juillet 2020
The Israeli intelligence services have been tracking Covid-19 patients for contact tracing. As the High Court condemned the measure, what can the rest of the world learn from this controversial experiment ?
UPDATE 21/07/2020 : On Monday July 20th, the Israeli parliament approved a new bill allowing the Ministry (...)
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Mental health site sharing your personal data ? We’re going after them - 8 juillet 2020
Following our report "Your Mental Health for Sale", PI has submitted a complaint against Doctissimo to the French data protection authority (CNIL)
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PI previously exposed how popular mental health websites share personal data with third parties through advertising practices, including answers to (...)
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Data and Elections - 5 juillet 2020
Democratic engagement is increasingly mediated by digital technology, from campaigning to election results transmission. These technologies rely on collecting, storing, and analysing personal information to operate. They raise novel issues and challenges for all electoral stakeholders on how to protect our data (...)
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Doctissimo monétise les résultats de « tests de dépression » sans consentement : la CNIL saisie - 4 juillet 2020
Une ONG britannique, Privacy International, vient de déposer une réclamation devant la CNIL au sujet du site de santé Doctissimo. Elle lui reproche de ne pas respecter le RGPD et de faire du business avec certaines données liées à la santé mentale.
Migraine juridique à venir pour Doctissimo. Le célèbre site web (...)
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Adtech giant Criteo is being investigated by France’s data watchdog - 3 juillet 2020
Adtech giant Criteo is under investigation by the French data protection watchdog, the CNIL, following a complaint filed by privacy rights campaign group Privacy International.
“I can confirm that the CNIL has opened up an investigation into Criteo . We are in the trial phase, so we can’t communicate at this (...)
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Complaint against Doctissimo - 2 juillet 2020
This legal challenge relates to a complaint filed with the French data protection authority (CNIL) against Doctissimo, a popular French health site.
On 26 June 2020, Privacy International (PI) filed a complaint against the French health website Doctissimo with the French data protection authority (CNIL).
Given (...)
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Données personnelles : Doctissimo visé par une plainte auprès de la CNIL - 2 juillet 2020
Plusieurs mois après un rapport, et faute d’action de la part du principal site médical français, l’ONG Privacy International a déposé une réclamation auprès du gendarme français de l’utilisation des données personnelles.
L’ONG Privacy International continue sa campagne contre les sites Internet qu’elle estime peu scrupuleux (...)
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Unmasking Policing, Inc. - 1er juillet 2020
Governments are secretly collaborating with private companies. Here is why PI is concerned about surveillance outsourcing, and why together we urgently must expose them.
The proliferation of both surveillance technologies and companies that develop or use them have provided governments with a plethora of (...)
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Why we’re concerned about profiling and micro-targeting in elections. - 30 juin 2020
There is now an ecosystem that drives voter profiling and targeted messages, often known as micro-targeting, that accompany modern political campaigning globally. The targeted ad-supported internet is made up of thousands of companies that track and profile us all 24 hours a day- not just during election time. (...)
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The UK spent millions on a Covid-19 tracking app and then abandoned it - 30 juin 2020
Last month, Amber Beard tested out and wrote about a new Covid-19 tracking app that the UK government was trialing on the Isle of Wight.
Beard explained how the app, named NHS Covid-19, was initially met with enthusiasm by residents and that a reported 65% downloaded it.
However, NHS Covid-19 — which used (...)
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IBM (not) ending facial recognition - our quick thoughts - 23 juin 2020
On June 9th, in light of the global debate against racial injustices, the company IBM announced they would stop selling facial recognition. Here are 4 quick-fire thoughts we have on this.
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This latest announcement is a PR stunt to distract from the reality : IBM has been profitting from the sale of (...)
