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For a world where technology will empower and enable us, not exploit our data for profit and power.

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🚨The UK Home Office has published an open consultation on the legal framework for using facial recognition technology (FRT) in law enforcement - a welcomed development after years of calls by civil society to regulate the deployment of FRT.

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December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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♥️ Are you staying up all night waiting on election results? ♦️ Our data, tech and elections card game is here to keep you occupied! ♠️ Play a game of cards and discuss voter data protection with your fellow players ♣️ privacyinternational.org/long-read/57...
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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¿Quieres saber más de integraciones verticales y su impacto en los mercados de conectividad?

Lee nuestra investigación completa y traducida al español aquí:

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December 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Schools should be places where kids feel safe to explore, ask questions and grow into who they want to be— without being watched.

Surveillance in classrooms undermines trust and stifles curiosity. Discover why student privacy matters

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Why Privacy Matters in Schools
Privacy is essential for students to grow, learn and thrive. Especially for children, Schools should be spaces where young people feel safe to explore ideas, make mistakes and develop into their own…
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November 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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En Privacy International seguimos interesadas en entender cómo las integraciones verticales de las grandes empresas tecnológicas impactan el mercado y nuestros derechos.

Puedes leer nuestra investigación en español aquí 👉

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Descifrando las integraciones tecnológicas verticales: ¿Por qué son importantes?
INTRODUCCIÓN
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November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Our societies are militarising:

1️⃣ Governments are using data-intensive systems for military ends
2️⃣ Non-defence companies are entering the defence sector
3️⃣ Defence tech is seeping into civic spaces
4️⃣ Tech used in conflict is used commercially too

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What is Militarisation of Tech?
Governments are rapidly militarising our societies. They are already increasing military spending, undermining civil rights protections, and reducing social protection programmes.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Nostalgic for social media without using Big Tech?

We have a guide for that!

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A guide for using privacy-focused alternative frontends to mainstream websites
Many mainstream Internet platforms, such as YouTube and X, often collect extensive user data, track online activities, and employ algorithms to create content recommendations based on individual…
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November 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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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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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
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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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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
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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
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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'

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November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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🃏 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
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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.
Front cover of Paradigm Initiative's Digital Rights and Elections in Africa Monitors Toolkit: purple background with spotlights shining on people's hands putting their voting papers into ballot box.
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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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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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
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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
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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".
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November 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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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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November 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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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.
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Don’t want your phone to know where you’ve been?

We have a guide for that…

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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
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♥️ 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
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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/...
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
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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
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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
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🚨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
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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.

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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