Today the German Antitrust authority (Bunderskartellamt), whose job it is to keep companies’ power in check, found that Facebook abused its dominance of the social network market to track and collect users’ personal data in ways users do not know about. The head of the authority stated that “Facebook will…

Palantir and the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) are partnering for a reported $45 million. Palantir, a US-based company that sells data software and has been the centre of numerous scandals. The World Food Programme provides assistance in food and nutrition to around 92 million people each year. Systems that…

This week CPDP will take place in Brussels. This conference focussing on privacy and data protection brings together academics, lawyers, practitioners, policy-makers, industry and civil society from all over the world to exchange ideas and discuss the latest emerging issues and trends. …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 21, 2018 CONTACTS: Alex Betschen, Civil Liberties & Transparency Clinic, alexbets@buffalo.edu, 716–531–6649 Colton Kells, Civil Liberties & Transparency Clinic, coltonke@buffalo.edu, 585–766–5119 Abdullah Hasan, ACLU, ahasan@aclu.org, 646–905–8879 NEW YORK — Privacy International, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Civil Liberties & Transparency Clinic of the University…

Federal law enforcement is deploying powerful computer hacking tools to conduct domestic criminal and immigration investigations. BY: Alex Betschen, Student Attorney, Civil Liberties & Transparency Clinic, University at Buffalo School of Law Hacking by the government raises grave privacy concerns, creating surveillance possibilities that were previously the stuff of science…

Key Points · A new report by Privacy International and the International Committee of the Red Cross finds that the humanitarian sector’s use of digital and mobile technologies could have detrimental effects for people receiving humanitarian aid. · This is because these digital systems generate a ‘data trail’ that is…

Hearing: R (on the application of Privacy International) (Appellant) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal (Respondent) When: 11.00am-1.00pm, 2.00–4.00pm on Monday 3rd December ; 10.30am-1.00pm, 2.00–4.00pm on Tuesday 4th December Where: The Supreme Court, Parliament Square, London SW1P 3BD (https://www.supremecourt.uk/visiting/how-to-find-us.html) Members of the public and press are welcome to observe cases when…

This week the 40th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC) will take place in Brussels from 22 to 25 October 2018. …

Thursday, September 13, 2018 The European Court of Human Rights has today ruled that UK laws enabling mass surveillance violate the rights to privacy and freedom of expression. Judges found that: The UK’s historical bulk interception regime violated the right to privacy protected by Article 8 of the European Convention…