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Surveillance Disclosures Show Urgent Need for Reforms to EU Aid Programmes ...
A Technical Capability Notice was issued to Apple to hand over encrypted iCloud data Technical Capability Notices represent a disproportionate and intrusive surveillance power available to the ...
What do our 2025 findings mean for users’ privacy and reproductive health data in a post-roe world? First, it’s important to acknowledge that our 2025 research did reveal improvements compared to our ...
Layla looks at her calendar on her phone. She’s in charge of planning her book club’s monthly meeting. After thinking for a second, she summons her AI assistant: “Hey Assistant, can you book me a ...
On 13 March 2025, we filed a complaint against the UK government challenging their use of dangerous, disproportionate and intrusive surveillance powers to undermine the privacy and security of people ...
Intrusive surveillance technology is increasingly used during protests around the world, and we’ve been tracking its use around the world for years. This technology is often being deployed in secret, ...
Private companies, including Big Tech, are responsible for a large number of digital health tools. While there may be benefits to health, there are also potential threats to your privacy from these ...
“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 ...
Companies controlling infrastructure can significantly influence service delivery, potentially creating barriers for new competitors. These companies often operate in regulatory grey areas, exploiting ...
Self-supervised learning is the stage in which the basic foundation model is built from raw, unlabeled yet curated data, typically a massive database like those from crawling the web (e.g., Common ...
The United Nations (UN) Committee on the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Committee) has published a damning " Report on follow-up to the inquiry concerning the United ...
In the last few years, electoral processes and related activities have undergone significant changes, driven by the development of digital technologies. The use of personal data has redefined ...