We are living through a moment of profound transformation as military imperatives and corporate interests are no longer ...

We all want a future where our families, friends, and communities can thrive — one rooted in justice, democracy, with social and political stability. But instead of heading toward that future, we’re ...

Today we learned the UK has issued a new secret order forcing Apple to undermine iCloud’s advanced encryption again, but this time only for UK users. While this seems like progress - and it is in the ...

Data-driven systems are transforming the warzones. Big Tech and other tech companies is shifting to military and national security contracts, making them too big to fail. Defence Tech industry is ...

Privacy International ("PI") strongly believes that you have the right to control the use of your personal information, and that your privacy must be respected. We ...

1. What is the issue? Governments and international organisations are developing and accessing databases to pursue a range of vague and ever-expanding aims, from countering terrorism and investigating ...

Freedom of Information (FOI) requests have revealed the rapidly increasing scale of UK police mass facial recognition searches against the passport and immigration databases. The Government has ...

Many menstruating individuals today use period-tracking apps as a convenient digital tool on their smart phone to track their menstruation. In the UK, researchers have found that more women are using ...

This series produced in collaboration with Corporate Watch profiles ten companies and their products aiming to demonstrate how technologies developed for the battlefield are now shaping civilian life.

PI's analysis of the Council of Europe's Guidelines on processing of personal data for voter registration and authentication, which complement a previous set of recommendations outlining the ...

“IPIC” ("Identify and Prioritise Immigration Cases”) is an algorithm utilised by the UK Home Office that automatically identifies and recommends migrants for particular immigration decisions or ...

Our exploration into the role of the EU-funded INTERPOL programme, the West African Police Information System, in externalising EU borders. Our briefing, “When Spiders Share Webs: The creeping ...