Stardust is a New York-based astrology-themed period tracking app that has recently risen in popularity, having received a spike in downloads in the U.S. following ...

PI has tracked SIM card registration laws and their impact from 2002 to present day. Such a requirement allows the state to identify the owner of a SIM card and infer who is most likely making a call ...

There is a growing push towards identity systems around the world. There is a growth in both the requirement for us to identify ourselves and the development of identity systems to do so. This has led ...

Additionally, in January 2020 Privacy International and UK-based NGO Liberty filed a new claim against MI5 and the Secretary of State for the Home Department in the ...

In a follow up to PI's initial research on sharing of personal data by mental health websites, a second analysis illustrates how change is possible and yet most webpages analysed still share your data ...

The proliferation of both surveillance technologies and companies that develop or use them have provided governments with a plethora of opportunities to secretly collaborate with private actors and ...

Privacy International made a submission to the National Crime Agency (NCA) after it emerged that the computer of UK-based Ethiopian activist Tadesse Kersmo had been ...

PI calls on UN Committee to look into the nature of Heartbeat International’s activities in countries it will review. Key findings The right to privacy is one of the precedents used to establish ...

The Kenyan High Court ruled in January 2020 that the Kenyan ID system should not continue without further legislation to guarantee the security of biometric data and to ensure the system is not ...

In today's opinion the Advocate General of the CJEU advises that the UK’s collection of bulk communications data violates EU law and that the French and Belgium data retention schemes also violate EU ...

Maddie Stone, formally a Senior reverse engineer and tech lead on the Android security team, shockingly revealed a number of examples of how pre-installed apps on Android devices can undermine users ...

When you buy a brand new lower cost phone (like a Tecno Y2 or MYA 2 for example), it's likely to come pre-installed with insecure apps and an outdated operating system. What this means is that your or ...