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The government is scooping data that you probably didn’t know you were sharing.
For thousands of families, that resulted in the UK tax agency HMRC wrongly suspending child benefit payments on the basis of incomplete and misinterpreted flight records.
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For thousands of families, that resulted in the UK tax agency HMRC wrongly suspending child benefit payments on the basis of incomplete and misinterpreted flight records.
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HMRC 'function creep' means spying on your travel plans to block benefits
Governments weaponising data against people is one of the top themes of 2025. In this latest example, tax agency uses post-9/11 era travel surveillance to administer tax benefits, and to wrongly…
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November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The government is scooping data that you probably didn’t know you were sharing.
For thousands of families, that resulted in the UK tax agency HMRC wrongly suspending child benefit payments on the basis of incomplete and misinterpreted flight records.
privacyinternational.org/news-analysi...
For thousands of families, that resulted in the UK tax agency HMRC wrongly suspending child benefit payments on the basis of incomplete and misinterpreted flight records.
privacyinternational.org/news-analysi...
It feels like you have to give your email address to get access to EVERYTHING these days. 😩
We have a guide to help you avoid that!
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We have a guide to help you avoid that!
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A guide to making use of disposable email addresses
The practice of buying and selling email addresses is a common one among digital data brokers. Say you register at an online shop to buy an item from a brand. The shop can then sell your email…
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November 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
It feels like you have to give your email address to get access to EVERYTHING these days. 😩
We have a guide to help you avoid that!
privacyinternational.org/guide-step/5...
We have a guide to help you avoid that!
privacyinternational.org/guide-step/5...
Revealed: Europol is quietly building a vast AI-driven criminal data hub, sweeping up messages, biometrics, and other sensitive info with minimal oversight or transparency, raising major risks for privacy, civil rights, and biased policing. 👀
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Hungry for data: Inside Europol’s secretive AI program
Europol’s growing appetite for data and artificial intelligence is transforming European policing, largely out of public view, and without clear oversight.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Revealed: Europol is quietly building a vast AI-driven criminal data hub, sweeping up messages, biometrics, and other sensitive info with minimal oversight or transparency, raising major risks for privacy, civil rights, and biased policing. 👀
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The UK Home Office’s asylum reform plan will include “exploring how AI technology” & “facial age estimation technology” can improve the assessment process to assess age in a bid to deter people who pretend to be children 'in an attempt to claim asylum'
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The UK Home Office’s asylum reform plan will include “exploring how AI technology” & “facial age estimation technology” can improve the assessment process to assess age in a bid to deter people who pretend to be children 'in an attempt to claim asylum'
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
🃏 Are you an electoral observer interested in tech, data and elections? We’ve got a game for you! Play a game of cards and discuss voter data protection with your fellow players ♥️♠️♦️♣️ privacyinternational.org/long-read/57...
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🃏 Are you an electoral observer interested in tech, data and elections? We’ve got a game for you! Play a game of cards and discuss voter data protection with your fellow players ♥️♠️♦️♣️ privacyinternational.org/long-read/57...
Our partner Paradigm Initiative has published a useful toolkit for Election Observers and Election Monitors, outlining monitoring tools and resources to document and report digital rights threats and violations.
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Our partner Paradigm Initiative has published a useful toolkit for Election Observers and Election Monitors, outlining monitoring tools and resources to document and report digital rights threats and violations.
14 billion accounts have had their passwords exposed through hacks. 😲
It might be time to secure your digital life by using a password manager.
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It might be time to secure your digital life by using a password manager.
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A guide on password managers
In the current digital landscape, passwords are the predominant method for user authentication across most platforms. From a privacy perspective, passwords present a advantage over some other methods…
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November 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
14 billion accounts have had their passwords exposed through hacks. 😲
It might be time to secure your digital life by using a password manager.
privacyinternational.org/guide-step/5...
It might be time to secure your digital life by using a password manager.
privacyinternational.org/guide-step/5...
As our societies militarise, gaps and risks are emerging in the legal and regulatory frameworks that are meant to protect us and our privacy. Institutional monitoring and enforcement mechanisms are no longer fit for purpose.
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
As our societies militarise, gaps and risks are emerging in the legal and regulatory frameworks that are meant to protect us and our privacy. Institutional monitoring and enforcement mechanisms are no longer fit for purpose.
We are deeply concerned about news regarding the expansion of vans equipped with live facial recognition technology (FRT) cameras to 7 police forces across England. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Live facial recognition vans launched in Sussex and Surrey
Some politicians and campaign groups call the technology "intrusive" and "racially biased".
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We are deeply concerned about news regarding the expansion of vans equipped with live facial recognition technology (FRT) cameras to 7 police forces across England. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sports unite us - celebrating identity, passion, and, and even providing a place to protest. But growing surveillance in stadiums turns this space of escape and freedom into one of control.
Discover how privacy shapes sports fandom
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Discover how privacy shapes sports fandom
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November 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Sports unite us - celebrating identity, passion, and, and even providing a place to protest. But growing surveillance in stadiums turns this space of escape and freedom into one of control.
Discover how privacy shapes sports fandom
privacyinternational.org/case-study/5...
Discover how privacy shapes sports fandom
privacyinternational.org/case-study/5...
What do Anduril Industries and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have in common?
Both sit at the intersection of innovation and militarisation.
Our new series with @corporatewatch.bsky.social begins with their stories.
Both sit at the intersection of innovation and militarisation.
Our new series with @corporatewatch.bsky.social begins with their stories.
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
What do Anduril Industries and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have in common?
Both sit at the intersection of innovation and militarisation.
Our new series with @corporatewatch.bsky.social begins with their stories.
Both sit at the intersection of innovation and militarisation.
Our new series with @corporatewatch.bsky.social begins with their stories.
Don’t want your phone to know where you’ve been?
We have a guide for that…
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We have a guide for that…
privacyinternational.org/guide-step/5...
A guide to keeping your mobile phone's location history private
In your day-to-day life, your smartphone silently captures and stores a digital footprint of your whereabouts by keeping a location history: this history is then used to enhance your mobile…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Don’t want your phone to know where you’ve been?
We have a guide for that…
privacyinternational.org/guide-step/5...
We have a guide for that…
privacyinternational.org/guide-step/5...
♥️ We’ve created a deck of tech, data and elections playing cards! They give electoral observers and civil society the necessary tools to explore the role of technologies in the electoral process. privacyinternational.org/long-read/57...
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
♥️ We’ve created a deck of tech, data and elections playing cards! They give electoral observers and civil society the necessary tools to explore the role of technologies in the electoral process. privacyinternational.org/long-read/57...
PROTEST SURVEILLANCE INTO COURT
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/report/5468/...
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/report/5468/...
Protest surveillance into court
With this report, we shed light on the due process implications of the blanket and indiscriminate surveillance of protesters, activists, and human rights defenders participating in protests.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
PROTEST SURVEILLANCE INTO COURT
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/report/5468/...
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/report/5468/...
Legal regimes governing armed conflict and peace are traditionally clearly defined - but the militarisation of tech challenges this tidy distinction.
On the Applicable Legal Frameworks and Regulatory Gaps: International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law
Legal regimes governing situations of armed conflict and peace time have traditionally been clearly defined, leaving little to no doubt as to which regime applies to what situation. However, the…
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November 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Legal regimes governing armed conflict and peace are traditionally clearly defined - but the militarisation of tech challenges this tidy distinction.
Earlier this year, Europe saw a milestone: three defence start-ups reached unicorn status, each valued at over €1 billion.
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Earlier this year, Europe saw a milestone: three defence start-ups reached unicorn status, each valued at over €1 billion.
🚨UK tax authorities forced to re-evaluate their policy of suspending benefits without due diligence after 23,500 families had their child benefit payments wrongly cut. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🚨UK tax authorities forced to re-evaluate their policy of suspending benefits without due diligence after 23,500 families had their child benefit payments wrongly cut. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Privacy is essential for people with disabilities to live with independence and dignity.
While assistive tech can empower autonomy, mishandling sensitive health or disability data can lead to discrimination, stigma or control.
Learn more: privacyinternational.org/case-study/5...
While assistive tech can empower autonomy, mishandling sensitive health or disability data can lead to discrimination, stigma or control.
Learn more: privacyinternational.org/case-study/5...
Why Privacy Matters to People with Disabilities
Privacy is a universal right, but for people with disabilities, it’s often compromised in the very systems designed to support them. Accessing essential services and benefits frequently requires the…
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November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Privacy is essential for people with disabilities to live with independence and dignity.
While assistive tech can empower autonomy, mishandling sensitive health or disability data can lead to discrimination, stigma or control.
Learn more: privacyinternational.org/case-study/5...
While assistive tech can empower autonomy, mishandling sensitive health or disability data can lead to discrimination, stigma or control.
Learn more: privacyinternational.org/case-study/5...
In England, children are tracked from birth through education databases that record their lives in detail. These systems are vast, permanent, and invisible to most families.
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From Playground to Database: child data in education
In England’s schools, children are not only pupils but also data subjects. From the moment they are born, a digital record begins to take shape — one that will follow them through nursery, primary…
privacyinternational.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
In England, children are tracked from birth through education databases that record their lives in detail. These systems are vast, permanent, and invisible to most families.
privacyinternational.org/long-read/56...
privacyinternational.org/long-read/56...
🕷️ A real life horror scenario: the ruling political party repurposes data collected by the state for administering public services to spread its own campaign messages.
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🕷️ A real life horror scenario: the ruling political party repurposes data collected by the state for administering public services to spread its own campaign messages.
🕸️ A real life horror scenario: a failure in the digital voting system requires postponement of an election.
In 2023, the Electoral Commission in Nigeria stated that it was pushing back polling due to problems with the digital voting system
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/m...
In 2023, the Electoral Commission in Nigeria stated that it was pushing back polling due to problems with the digital voting system
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/m...
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🕸️ A real life horror scenario: a failure in the digital voting system requires postponement of an election.
In 2023, the Electoral Commission in Nigeria stated that it was pushing back polling due to problems with the digital voting system
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/m...
In 2023, the Electoral Commission in Nigeria stated that it was pushing back polling due to problems with the digital voting system
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/m...
👻 Spooky fact: tech that is increasingly used during the election cycle is vulnerable to abuse, manipulation, theft and technological failures.
October 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
👻 Spooky fact: tech that is increasingly used during the election cycle is vulnerable to abuse, manipulation, theft and technological failures.
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🗳️ Our tech, data and elections checklist identifies key areas where tech and data play a role in the electoral process. privacyinternational.org/advocacy/515...
Technology, Data and Elections: An Updated Checklist on the Election Cycle
In the last few years, electoral processes and related activities have undergone significant changes, driven by the development of digital technologies.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🗳️ Our tech, data and elections checklist identifies key areas where tech and data play a role in the electoral process. privacyinternational.org/advocacy/515...
🇬🇧 Tomorrow we'll be providing oral evidence to the UK Joint Human Rights Committee as part of their ongoing inquiry on human rights and artificial intelligence.
Watch us here 👉 parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Watch us here 👉 parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
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Human Rights (Joint Committee)
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October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🇬🇧 Tomorrow we'll be providing oral evidence to the UK Joint Human Rights Committee as part of their ongoing inquiry on human rights and artificial intelligence.
Watch us here 👉 parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Watch us here 👉 parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...