Have you seen facial recognition used in a school or university? This technology raises serious privacy and human rights concerns. pvcy.org/frtmap

Meta has patented an AI wearable that could track users’ voices, surroundings and emotions to create workouts based on mood. This ‘fitness innovation’ is a privacy disaster for life and for society.

The EU’s new biometric border system will force non-EU travellers to hand over fingerprints and facial scans, creating serious privacy risks. The EU says this makes borders smarter and safer but biometrics cannot be reset like passwords

Police in the US are being caught using automated license plate reader network Flock to stalk partners and family. The best safeguard against the misuse of large-scale data is not to collect the data at all.

Russia is building its own version of the internet so the state can monitor, block and control what people do online. Authorities say it’s to protect from foreign-controlled infrastructure, but internet “sovereignty” is increasingly being used to expand state surveillance.

This week @ILO.org are in Geneva discussing a new convention that could protect workers from unprecedented surveillance and monitoring, as well as other harms endemic to the platform economy. The ILO must take this opportunity to protect workers rights privacyinternational.org/advocacy/569...

For billions of users, private messaging could finally become the default. Texts between iPhone and Android users will soon be end-to-end encrypted Learn more about E2EE: privacyinternational.org/report/4949/...

This week the @ILO.org will be discussing and voting on a new convention that, if robust, could protect workers from unprecedented surveillance and monitoring, as well as other harms endemic to the platform economy pvcy.org/letter

We've joined 40 organisations telling the ILO to take their groundbreaking opportunity to protect workers rights by adopting the new convention on decent work in the platform economy and ensuring that the text provides robust protections. pvcy.org/ILCletter

Meta is installing an app to track how its employees use their computers and using that data to train its AI models. No one should feel watched while they work.

The ongoing militarisation of our societies is driving tech innovation, generating new tools of oppression by feeding off people’s data. The use of data-intensive systems is becoming normalised in conflict, which has serious implications for privacy and beyond.

All change at JustEat Takeaway - new owners promise an 'AI first' business, but what will that mean for drivers? privacyinternational.org/news-analysi...

Since the Information Commissioner's Office concluded that the GPS tagging of migrants by the UK Home Office was in breach of data protection laws, we've been analysing the Home Office's policies. privacyinternational.org/news-analysi...

Alas - the webpage which promises to explain more currently only displays a 403 Forbidden error message: news.ifood.com.br/onde-e-como-...

⏰ The UK Government's consultation on the legal framework for police using facial recognition closes tomorrow at 11:59pm! 👉 www.gov.uk/government/c...

⏰ You have 2 days left to respond to the UK Government's consultation on the legal framework for police using facial recognition 👉 www.gov.uk/government/c...

🃏 But the tech used during the election cycle is vulnerable to abuse, manipulation, theft and technological failures.

♥️ 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...

🃏 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.

♥️ 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...

🕷️ 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...

👻 Spooky fact: tech that is increasingly used during the election cycle is vulnerable to abuse, manipulation, theft and technological failures.

🧐 There’s a misconception that privacy is just about hiding personal information, but privacy is actually so much more than that. Privacy is foundational to who we are as human beings. privacyinternational.org/learning-res...

Last week OpenAI announced "developer mode", a full integration of MPC to chatGPT. But what is MPC and how have privacy and security been considered? 🤔 Read more: privacyinternational.org/long-read/56...

Trying to follow AI news and feeling overwhelmed? We got you 💪. Check out our latest piece explaining how AI agents will work for you and connect to services, what is Model Context Protocol, and how it might affect your privacy and security: privacyinternational.org/long-read/56...

If the system logs that you joined the morning meeting from your phone, your boss may start to wonder if you were still in bed. This access to data fuels suspicion, not productivity. No one feels comfortable with someone peering over their shoulder.

A US judge has ruled that Google must disclose data, including user data, acquired through the operation of its illegal search monopoly. Our reflection? More is needed to protect both privacy and fair competition in how big tech operates. ⚖️ 🧑‍💻 🥷 privacyinternational.org/news-analysi...

What are the human rights implications of collecting children's personal data for counter-terrorism purposes? 🧑🤝🧑 Register for our panel discussion and tune in to find out, on 18 September with Essex University Human Rights Centre: essex-university.zoom.us/meeting/regi...