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This week on the Technology Pill we discuss our work on elections, election observation and our trip to Kenya with
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We are excited to be co-hosting this side event where we will discuss the upcoming report of UN Special Rapporteur on #RightToHealth on Digital innovation, technologies and the right to health with and a great panel.
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.@drtlaleng UN Special Rapporteur on #RightToHealth will in a side event to @UN_HRC disseminate a report on #DigitalInnovation #NewTechnologies & #RightToHealth
Register: graduateinstitute.ch/communications
to join this event on 23 June 2023 from 1.00 pm – 2.30pm CET at @GVAGrad and online!
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Dazed and confused by the myriad of companies harvesting your personal data to profile you?
Dive with us to understand who these companies are, what they do and how to reclaim your identity 💪
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Our phones are the perfect profiling devices. They know all our habits and preferences that make us unique.
We’re angry that there are apps indiscriminately making fortunes out of breaching our privacy.
And you should be too.
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It's almost as if the authorities in the UK and USA have been sharing ideas....
The UK's use of GPS taggnig against migrants is the subject of a complaint by
privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/
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Immigrating to the US? ICE wants your biometrics
"The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is testing a shiny new tool for its digital surveillance arsenal. It is a GPS-enabled wristwatch with facial recognition capabilities"
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🧐 Have you seen our Free to Protest Guides? 🧐
We believe that people should be able to attend peaceful protests without the police using sophisticated surveillance tools to monitor, track & identify protestors indiscriminately. 📢
Take a look ⬇️
pvcy.org/freetoprotest
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Relying on platforms like YouTube, TikTok or OnlyFans to make a living is becoming more and more common for content creators.
But how do platforms take on this responsibility? And what can be the impact of their decisions?
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Being a content creator on a big platform like TikTok, Youtube or OnlyFans is becoming more common. But do these platforms care about creators’ privacy and security?
Learn more:
privacyinternational.org/long-read/5013
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Ads online can be eerily accurate or annoyingly random.
In either case it’s tough to understand why you’re being shown a certain ad…
One reason you might be shown an ad is due to a bidding system that's happening behind the scenes
Here’s how it works:
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When you give an app access to your location, it may be selling it to shady third parties you’ve never heard of.
Advertisers, police and military forces have been taking advantage of the hidden trackers on our phones, find out more here.
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Twitch, OnlyFans, TikTok, Pornhub, Instagram… Are these safe workplaces for content creators?
Learn more about content creators’ security and privacy:
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How do companies actually track you? 🤔
Read our short explainer to learn about the most common ways of tracking: cookies, tracking pixels, fingerprinting, and more 👇
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It’s easy to feel like there’s nothing you can do to stop being tracked online by advertisers.
✨ But we want you to know that there are steps you can take right now to be a bit more protected.
Read our short how-to guides 👇
privacyinternational.org/act/protect-yo
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🎙 Just out!
Episode 2 (season 2) of our #podcast ‘In and Around War(s)’
Paola Gaeta & discuss the challenges of #dataprotection & #privacy in #war w/our #LLM #alumna , Programme Director & Senior Legal Officer
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Schools bought millions of Chromebooks in 2020 — and three years later, they’re starting to break
"doubling the lifespan of Chromebooks could result in $1.8 billion in savings for taxpayers"
Read more about 's report on Chromebook Churn
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We have to protect the rights privacy and freedom of assembly.
This starts by limiting police & law enforcement’s power to surveil peaceful protest.
Our latest report - Restraining Protest Surveillance - is a starting point for this.
READ more:
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Everyone must be free to protest without surveillance.
Facing threats of prosecution & violence people continue to organise, protest, and dissent - hopeful that through collective action, they can lay the foundations for social change.
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in Iran, the government clamped-down on protesters by using tech which can, allegedly, “break the encryption of phone calls […] and produce detailed metadata summaries of who spoke to whom, when, and where.”
’s full report:
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🌍 Protest around the world: Iran
Freedom of assembly is not compatible with indiscriminate & unrestrained protest surveillance.
We’re looking at examples from around the world of how surveillance stifles dissent 🧵
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Don't miss the findings of the study carried out by our partner on health and privacy 👇
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Here are a few key findings of our study on Healthcare Data Privacy.
You can check out our study in the link below:
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Colombia was the deadliest country for rights activists in 2022 - and yet, privacy is not always at the forefront of safeguarding agencies.
Hear the story of journalist Claudia Duque and her uphill legal battle to challenge surveillance.
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¿Qué es y cómo funcionan los sistemas de identificación biométrica?🤨 Acá te contamos👇.
Saberlo es importante para conocer las implicaciones de las cédulas digitales.
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An investigation led by and has unveiled the continuing use of spyware by Mexican authorities.
Read the NYT report in English 👇
nytimes.com/2023/04/18/wor
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Concerning news that human rights activists in Mexico have been targeted by Pegasus spyware - yet again.
In 2020, we spoke to a lawyer who described the organisation's previous experience of surveillance.
Years on, the threat persists 👇
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#Comunicado | El @CentroProdh ha recibido la confirmación de que durante 2022 dos personas de su equipo fueron espiadas, en reiteradas ocasiones, con el software #Pegasus, nuevamente.
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No te pierdas de la jornada virtual organizada por nuestrxs compañerxs en sobre elecciones y tecnología.
Inscripciones aquí ⬇️
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#SaveTheDate Lanzamos "ADC en Foco: Elecciones y tecnología", una jornada virtual que desarrollaremos el jueves 27/4 para debatir sobre cómo impacta el uso de redes sociales en los comicios y el ejercicio de la ciudadanía.
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A suspicion narrative often underpins the functioning of welfare systems.
Read latest investigation on AI used by the Spanish government to monitor those on health benefits 👇
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Spain uses a secretive AI system to search for people shirking work & claiming sickness benefits. A new investigation by @LHReports & @elconfidencial examined the opaque algorithmic doctor used to work out how it surveils the health of millions lighthousereports.com/investigation/
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Surveillance can come from unexpected places.
Hear the story of journalist Claudia Duque and the fight she's leading through the Colombian courts 👇
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Our partners’ - and - recent report calls for stronger data protection safeguards at border control posts in Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil.
Read more here:
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In 2021, we took a look at diet app Noom and found that they shared people’s personal health data with third parties, eek.
Two years on, here’s what has changed.
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While buying the most recent iPhone can give you a secure operating system and reliable encryption, buying a brand new lower cost phone may leave you facing an array of security risks.
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Password management, access controls, account deactivation - sound familiar?
Electoral management bodies aren't exempt from these security practices - but they do not always follow them.
Read the findings of an audit on the Kenyan electoral register 👇
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We don’t think privacy should be a luxury.
That’s why we advocate for companies to provide the latest security features and privacy protections for low cost phones, as well as high cost phones.
LISTEN to this podcast to learn more!
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Recent investigation by and highlights the inherent lack of transparency in the deployment of surveillance technology at the border area between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil:
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ID systems are often riddled with discriminatory designs, bureaucratic hurdles and technical failures.
Read how these issues can be amplified when access to social services is made conditional on ID 👇
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Because of their dominance, big tech companies are able to collect vast amounts of data.
The more data they have, the better they are able to profile you and your loved ones and trap you into using their services or target you with ads.
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You probably use SMS fairly frequently. But did you know SMS wasn't built with either security or privacy in mind?
This short explainer tells you what you need to know.
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Our latest research shows offers surveillance features that allow employers to read all users communication without their knowledge.
Find out more:
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Election tech is often sold to the public as flawless, but the reality is quite different.
Tech can come up short, even in low-profile ways.
Read our report on the 2022 Kenyan election
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