PI has tracked SIM card registration laws and their impact from 2002 to present day. Such a requirement allows the state to identify the owner of a SIM card and infer who is most likely making a call ...

The Huduma Numba case extends far beyond Kenya, as it raises important issues for the rollout of digital identity systems around the world. The successes and lessons learned of the Huduma Namba ...

Photo: Francesco Bellina Driven by the need to never again allow organised mass murder of the type inflicted during the Second World War, the European Union has brought its citizens unprecedented ...

The first half of 2018 saw two major privacy moments: in March, the Facebook/ Cambridge Analytica scandal broke, followed in May by the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") taking effect.

New technologies continue to present great risks and opportunities for humanitarian action. To ensure that their use does not result in any harm, humanitarian organisations must develop and implement ...

Old Law, New Tech and Continue Opacity: Police Scotland's use of mobile phone extraction ...

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Ghosts in Your Machine: Spooks Want Secret Access to Encrypted Messages ...

Cellebrite, a surveillance firm marketing itself as the “global leader in digital intelligence”, is marketing its digital extraction devices at a new target: authorities interrogating people seeking ...

Image Source: "Voting Key" by CreditDebitPro is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Democratic society is under threat from a range of players exploiting our data in ways which are often hidden and unaccountable ...

Go back to the full report pageAfter connecting our account with Google, we completed Stardust's onboarding questionnaire, which asked for our purpose for using the app (e.g., for period tracking), ...

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