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What’s always motivated and inspired us is what privacy enables, and what we lose if we lose our privacy. That’s why we looked at the key role plays in protecting people’s freedoms. Read more:

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Privacy Matters | Privacy International

To be free and equal Privacy has become all the more essential in the age of data exploitation. The way data and technology are now deployed means ...

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:

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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 ...

Law enforcement has sneakily gotten around obtaining warrants for getting access to people’s locations. Instead they’re buying them off shady data brokers that feed on our personal data. Read more on what your apps may be sharing about you.

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Mobile App Monetisation - Covert trackers in your pocket

Your phone is the ideal profit tool for data brokers and advertisers: it's always in your pocket and can be used both as a means of collecting...

Our Free to Protest guide provides a range of information about police surveillance capabilities so you can be prepared when you next head out. Happy protesting! 🪧 pvcy.org/freetoprotest

Not only are many online ads super annoying, but they are often fuelled by a dirty data industry. We want you to know that there are small steps you can take right now to fight back. 👇


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An invisible government eye is surveilling Ugandans on the streets and online. Journalists, political activists, and opposition leaders are targeted; their private information intercepted unlawfully. Watch The Spying State: Big Brother Uganda - a documentary featuring our partner Unwanted Witness:

Did you know that some brand new phones come with software that is already unsupported? It seems obvious, but companies should ship phones with operating systems that are not out of date. Read more

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Privacy shouldn't be a luxury | Privacy International

Buying a brand new low-cost phone can leave you with an outdated operating system and exploitative apps.

We are proud to see our Guide on International Law and Surveillance being used to develop this great Human Rights Surveillance Assessment Toolkit: https://mindfulrights.rf.gd/human-rights-and-surveillance-assessment-toolkit/ We hope the toolkit can be a starting point to assess compliance of national laws, policies, and practices with human rights law. Read our full guide here:

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PI’s Guide to International Law and Surveillance

Our call to ban facial recognition in schools got support from the UN, and helped campaigns at the national level. Read more about the ban and explore our other autumn results:

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Producing real change: key highlights of our 2025 results by season

We continue producing real change by challenging governments and corporations that use data and technology to exploit us.Though 2025 has been a tum...

Currently using a free online AI chatbot? It might look a little different in the near future. Find out how advertising and sponsored content is entering the AI chatbot sphere

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From chatbots to adbots: sharing your thoughts with advertisers

IntroductionIn early October this year, Google announced its AI Overviews would now have ads.