Privacy International @privacyint@mastodon.xyz

We exposed how immigration enforcement agencies are paying private companies to spy on migrants' communications #ICE 🧑🏻‍💻 https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/2995/ice-paying-millions-surveillance-company-spy-peoples-communications and proposals to use intrusive tech #hacking to monitor migrants #Sweden https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/3291/new-swedish-draft-proposal-government-hacking-powers-violates-human-rights

PI has also been documenting the role private companies are playing in enforcing digital and automated immigration controls at the border #USA ⛔️
https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/2731/questions-new-company-vying-border-dominance-us-needs-answer

On top of all of that, the global surveillance industry is seeing the surveillance of migrants and asylum seekers as new market to exploit https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/2776/surveillance-company-cellebrite-finds-new-exploit-spying-asylum-seekers

Aid money directed to surveillance? Connected with our work on the topic, we have explored the EU's strategy in the war on migrations and its plans to externalise borders 💶 🇪🇺 https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/3224/new-report-underlines-eus-strategy-war-migration-border-externalisation

On #InternationalMigrantsDay we keep demanding a humane approach to #migration and challenging the invasive tech and data processing activities in immigration enforcement #SafeguardingDignity
https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/protecting-migrants-borders-and-beyond https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1207271793322381313/photo/1

What we read and listened to in 2019. We chat through some book & podcast recommendations for your Christmas break.

Full list in the show notes.

Watch on YouTube
https://youtu.be/Fpf1a63kz3w

Or listen on Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/privacyinternational/2019-what-we-read-and-listened-to

Share your recommendations too! https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1207255910378328065/photo/1

Before the UK General Election we demanded parties be transparent re how they use people’s data. They failed. This together w evidence from others inc @OpenRightsGroup @WhoTargetsMe demonstrates the need for electoral reform. Read the joint briefing here: https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/3311/pi-joins-call-updated-electoral-regulation-following-2019-uk-general-election https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1206895790263865344/photo/1

Bothered about @DHSCgovuk ’s shady deal with Amazon? So are we! We think the public has the right to know what the NHS signed on to.
Join us in asking them to release the contract in full! ✊

🗣Tweet at them (@DHSCgovuk) using the hashtag #ReleaseTheContract

The tradition continues… Here’s a handful of privacy wins ✅ and fails ❌ from 2019!

Of course there are many many more! What privacy wins and fails from 2019 come to your mind? https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1206586117975351302/video/1

Take a sneak peek at our new logo, to be launched in 2020. It’s part of a new visual identity and a new approach to how we work with you!

https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3309/new-visual-identity-its-way-same-mission-continues https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1206550055701925890/photo/1

Take a sneak peak at our new logo, to be launched in 2020! It’s part of a new visual identity and a new approach to how we work with you!

https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3309/new-visual-identity-its-way-same-mission-continues https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1206538896907132929/photo/1

Yesterday @privacyint took part in a side event organised by @ICRC and @TilburgLaw on humanitarian data partnerships #rcrc19.

Find out more about work on the use of data and tech in the humanitarian sector: https://privacyinternational.org/topics/development-and-humanitarian-sector https://twitter.com/EstoniaGeneva/status/1205151819812483072

Must read on a crucial EU Fund which funds surveillance across Africa.

Here's our analysis and recommendations for what must be done about it: https://www.privacyinternational.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/EUTF%20Policy%20Briefing.pdf https://twitter.com/maitevermeulen/status/1204687172651098112

We sent a FOI request to @DHSCgovuk to see the Amazon/NHS contract. The content is to a big extent redacted, and we contest the Department of Health’s take on the notion of public interest.

https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3298/alexa-what-hidden-behind-your-contract-nhs

This is why we asked them to #ReleaseTheContract (fully!) https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1205041600293941248

Hey @DHSCgovuk! We think it's time we get the unredacted contract you have signed with Amazon on the use of NHS content by Alexa. #ReleaseTheContract
https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3298/alexa-what-hidden-behind-your-contract-nhs https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1204810868904615936/photo/1

[Thread] The European Asylum Support Office @EASO has been using social media surveillance tools to spy on asylum seekers.

The @EU_EDPS stopped the project because it breached EU law, saying that EASO lacked a legal basis for collecting the data: https://euobserver.com/migration/146856

Privacy matters because...without it we cannot assert our equality, autonomy and dignity #HumanRightsDay

https://privacyinternational.org/case-study/3304/without-it-we-cannot-assert-our-equality-autonomy-and-dignity

Pleased to see that the issues and recommendations presented with @DefendersKE @KELINKenya and @ParadigmHQ are being discussed at the #Presessions35

You can read our submission to the Human Rights Council in here: https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/3299/right-privacy-kenya https://twitter.com/UPRinfo/status/1204346088158875648

Happy #HumanRightsDay!
We're celebrating 71 years of the Universal Decleration of Human Rights!
#StandUp4HumanRights

https://privacyinternational.org/case-study/3304/without-it-we-cannot-assert-our-equality-autonomy-and-dignity https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1204415473925992450/photo/1

Feliz #DíaDeLosDerechosHumanos
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https://privacyinternational.org/type-resource/privacy-matters https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1204394137321127936/photo/1