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This ‘govAI’ trend is still in an early stage, and it could range from AI chatbots on council websites to AI productivity tools for drafting emails or sorting consultation responses.

2026-05-08 16:23:01 GMT

NEW: From Big Oil to Big Algorithm: Public Money in Private Models
In our latest piece, we explain what the current ‘govAI’ looks like across the UK, EU and U.S. and the privacy implications this could have for residents of a country.
https://pvcy.org/PJtBty
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2026-05-08 16:23:01 GMT

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From the EU’s InvestAI to the UK’s numerous memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with Anthropic and OpenAI to the US’ million-dollar contracts with major AI companies, we’re seeing a growing interest from governments in AI development and adoption particularly for public services.

2026-05-08 16:23:01 GMT

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These uses raise questions around privacy and data protection. How are residents’ data protected and managed when being processed and stored by a black box algorithm? Are there data-sharing risks when it comes to tuning? And is this the most responsible use of taxpayer money?

2026-03-04 16:00:12 GMT

There's nothing controversial about E2EE.
Unless you think it's controversial for private conversations to be.... private?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly2m5e5ke4o

2026-02-26 10:02:42 GMT

FRT has led to yet another wrongful arrest in the UK. This time, a man was detained for hours after the technology matched him to a burglary 100 miles away in spite of clear differences.
The police retained an image of the man after he was attacked 5 years prior. Even an innocent person’s face can remain searchable in police databases, potentially triggering future ‘matches’ and further scrutiny.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/25/facial-recognition-error-prompts-police-to-arrest-asian-man-for-burglary-100-miles-away

2026-02-26 10:02:42 GMT

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A high court ruling from back in 2012 ruled that holding data of innocent people was unlawful, yet 14 years on, that seems to have been ignored. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/24/police-told-to-delete-on-request-images-of-innocent-people

2026-01-12 11:00:55 GMT

Digital safety and freedoms are central to human dignity and gender empowerment. @nprofile…tluv has published a comprehensive study on the causes, patterns, and perpetrators of digital gender-based violence against Palestinian women.
Through surveys, focus groups, and interviews, 7amleh establishes that digital gender-based violence serves to reinforce the existing marginalisation of women’s bodies and voices.
Read it here: https://7amleh.org/post/7amleh-releases-new-study:-%E2%80%9Cwar-and-digital-shadows:-palestinian-women-between-voice-confiscation-and-body-exposure-in-digital-space%E2%80%9D

2026-01-07 10:00:55 GMT

Our partner Derechos Digitales is celebrating a milestone: in 2025, they prevented Meta from censoring political activism in Argentina.
The Oversight Board reversed the removal of a political poem critical of the government, which had been published as an image.
The Oversight Board considered comments submitted by Derechos Digitales, setting a fundamental precedent for the moderation of content that combines artistic and political expression.
https://www.derechosdigitales.org/noticias/nuestra-incidencia-en-la-decision-del-consejo-asesor-de-meta-contra-la-censura-de-un-poema-sobre-la-protesta-politica-en-argentina/

2026-01-06 18:01:59 GMT

Political Billboards is a civic tech initiative by Impetus that brings order to the chaos of political advertising in public spaces across North Macedonia. By mapping every billboard used for paid political campaigns, the platform shows who is advertising where and how in public space – and with public funding. Citizens are invited to participate: anyone can send photos and GPS locations of billboards from their town. https://political-billboards.mk/

2026-01-05 05:15:03 GMT

The gig economy is ground zero for the use of experimental algorithms that use workers’ own data against them. Leaving workers playing a game that they don’t know the rules to, that the house always wins
https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5509/time-deliver-answers-open-letter-just-eat-takeaway-uber-and-deliveroo

2026-01-02 03:18:01 GMT

Every time you use your device, you generate unique identifiers which can be accessed by the police.
Visit our Free to Protest guide to help you understand how police use technologies at protests🪧 pvcy.org/freetoprotest

2025-12-31 12:09:01 GMT

In England’s schools, children are tracked through a vast, opaque network of digital systems that turn education into a lifelong exercise in data collection and surveillance.
Read more: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5696/playground-database-child-data-education

2025-12-31 07:48:01 GMT

As governments exert control over access to the Web, people are increasingly turning to VPNs to access social media and to read & share info on upcoming protests.
Check out our VPN guide to learn more:
https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/5009/guide-vpn-use

2025-12-28 19:00:38 GMT

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Deployments in London have skyrocketed, and we have seen the instalment of permanent live FRT cameras in Croydon, South London. https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5682/toward-regulation-addressing-legal-void-facial-recognition-technology

2025-12-28 19:00:38 GMT

Throughout 2025 we have seen the rapid expansion of facial recognition technology (FRT) on streets across the UK, raising worrying questions for our human rights.

2025-12-27 12:27:01 GMT

Online tracking can take many forms and shape. One of those is the seemingly harmless share buttons you sometimes encounter.
https://privacyinternational.org/case-study/4403/tracking-service-sharethis-be-profiled

2025-12-24 10:30:16 GMT

Gig workers are increasingly being ‘managed by bots’ - important decisions about how much they’re paid and even whether they keep their job are being made in ways they can’t understand and that they don’t have any say over.
Find out more: gigeconomy.privacyinternational.org

2025-12-22 15:02:10 GMT

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.
https://privacyinternational.org/case-study/4404/mobile-app-monetisation-covert-trackers-your-pocket

2025-12-09 11:00:05 GMT

Health data represents one of the most valuable types of data available to commercial data processing entities.
It is increasingly used for AI training, digital health devices or to inform advertising strategy on a mass scale.
https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5680/patient-data-and-healthcare-ai-boom

2025-11-29 14:00:56 GMT

Schools should be places where kids feel safe to explore, ask questions and grow into who they want to be— without being watched.
Surveillance in classrooms undermines trust and stifles curiosity. Discover why student privacy matters
https://privacyinternational.org/case-study/5631/why-privacy-matters-schools

2025-11-22 17:23:01 GMT

Revealed: Europol is quietly building a vast AI-driven criminal data hub, sweeping up messages, biometrics, and other sensitive info with minimal oversight or transparency, raising major risks for privacy, civil rights, and biased policing.

2025-11-15 10:22:01 GMT

We are deeply concerned about news regarding the expansion of vans equipped with live facial recognition technology (FRT) cameras to 7 police forces across England. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clykr14glnwo

2025-11-03 17:23:01 GMT

🚨UK tax authorities forced to re-evaluate their policy of suspending benefits without due diligence after 23,500 families had their child benefit payments wrongly cut. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/29/hmrc-pauses-child-benefit-crackdown-after-23500-families-caught-up-in-data-error

2025-10-24 16:23:02 GMT

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Without transparency or accountability, these systems will make decisions and draw conclusions that won’t be checked. As these technologies spread into our daily lives, who is being classified as suspicious or dangerous?
To learn more, read our latest piece about the impact of defence technologies shaping our town squares: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5669/blurring-line-how-militarisation-tech-reshaping-our-town-squares-introduction

2025-10-24 16:23:01 GMT

Big Tech and defence tech industries are building a new generation of tech for both military and civil uses. Defence-driven systems are seeping into everyday life with devastating consequences for our rights and freedoms.
These defence-driven tech systems enable the continuous monitoring of people’s movements and the collection of our personal data. These systems can also amplify biases, locking entire societies into patterns of discriminatory targeting and exclusion.

2025-10-23 13:01:47 GMT

Surveillance tools like facial recognition, IMSI-catchers and social media monitoring are used to strip away safety and silence dissent.
Without privacy, our ability to speak up, associate and hold power to account is at risk.
Learn more: https://privacyinternational.org/case-study/5626/why-privacy-matters-protestors

2025-10-14 16:23:02 GMT

Microsoft has stopped supporting Windows 10 today.
Are you ready? #Windows10 https://pvcy.org/win10eol

2025-10-10 20:30:09 GMT

🚨 BREAKING: Microsoft illegally tracked students, data watchdog finds.
The Austrian DPA has ruled that Microsoft 365 Education used tracking cookies without consent — illegally collecting student data - following a complaint supported by @nprofile…gv3z
https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-microsoft-365-education-tracks-school-children

2025-10-08 16:00:05 GMT

BREAKING: Clearview have been told that - *shockingly* - the UK GDPR applies to their indefensible business of selling your face to foreign law enforcement agencies, after PI intervened in a recent legal case.
https://awo.agency/articles/upper-tribunal-rules-against-clearview-ai-affirms-information-commissioners-jurisdiction/

2025-10-01 13:12:21 GMT

Update: The UK Government has reportedly issued another secret order (Technical Capability Notice) forcing Apple to weaken iCloud security.
But, this time it is focused on the UK. 😬
https://www.ft.com/content/d101fd62-14f9-4f51-beff-ea41e8794265

2025-10-01 13:12:21 GMT

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Apple can’t undermine the E2EE of iCloud services only for the UK when those services are used worldwide.
If Apple breaks E2EE for the UK, it breaks it for everyone.

2025-09-15 14:15:11 GMT

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Imagine being judged not by your contribution, but by:
- number of emails sent
- hours in meetings
- how much you wiggled your mouse
This is the absurd reality of workplace surveillance.

2025-09-15 14:15:11 GMT

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Bossware doesn’t stop there. It includes screen recordings, keystroke logs and app use.
AI surveillance products can mark you as 'idle' if you dare to use AI yourself.
It's infantilising, and it's happening everywhere.
What's even worse is that many workers aren’t told when surveillance is switched on or how this data is used.

2025-09-15 14:15:10 GMT

Can you be trusted to get your work done? Your boss doesn't think so.
New research has found that ONE THIRD of all UK employers are snooping on their employees emails and web browsing.
This is a huge invasion of privacy. 🧵
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/14/uk-firms-bossware-monitor-workers-activity

2025-09-15 13:00:29 GMT

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

2025-08-26 09:00:23 GMT

Privacy shapes who we are, but we all experience privacy differently.
Our backgrounds, identities & circumstances affect how we can protect it, and why it matters.
Explore why privacy matters through diverse experiences, and how it’s evolving:
https://privacyinternational.org/learning-resources/privacy-matters-0

2025-08-25 14:54:31 GMT

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These FRT-enabled searches are an unchecked use of surveillance powers and an historic breach of the right to privacy. Find out more: https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5635/revealed-skyrocketing-scale-uk-polices-secret-facial-recognition-searches

2025-08-25 14:54:30 GMT

🚨 URGENT: We need an urgent moratorium on the use of UK passport and immigration databases for FRT searches.

2025-08-25 14:54:30 GMT

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Freedom of Information (FOI) requests reveal that the UK passport and immigration databases - with over 150 million photos - have been used by police for mass facial recognition searches without a clear legal basis, or the public or parliament’s knowledge. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/08/07/police-raid-passport-photo-data-historic-breach-privacy/

2025-08-24 11:00:10 GMT

We've filed a complaint to the UK's Data Protection Regulator (ICO) against the UK Home Office’s policy and practice of collecting and processing data through two algorithms used in immigration enforcement operations.
Read here to find out more 👉 https://privacyinternational.org/legal-action/ico-complaint-against-uks-automated-recommendation-tools-immigration-operations

2025-08-22 16:23:01 GMT

⏰ UPDATE: Our case against UK Government's secret surveillance orders to be heard in 2026
https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5624/update-our-case-against-uk-governments-secret-surveillance-orders-be-heard-2026

2025-08-21 16:23:26 GMT

⚠️ We are calling for an urgent moratorium on the use of the passport and immigration databases for the purpose of FRT searches.
❗ These searches have skyrocketed in recent years despite there being no legislation or policy in place allowing the use of these databases for FRT.

2025-08-21 09:22:02 GMT

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In the first instance it can be used to generate an automated harm score which is used to set the minimum period an individual will remain subject to an ankle tag after which they may be ‘transitioned’ to a non-fitted device (“NFD”).

2025-08-21 09:22:02 GMT

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These tools appear to have been deployed without sufficient safeguards to protect those subject to them raising concerns as to whether the Home Office is adequately complying with laws regulating the processing of personal data in the UK.
https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5639/pi-rings-alarm-bell-and-alerts-ico-about-use-algorithms-home-office-and-their-impact

2025-08-21 09:22:02 GMT

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The tool can also target specific groups based on 10 different filtering criteria including location. It is used on individuals who are subject to immigration control and who are therefore liable for detention and removal in accordance with the Immigration Act 1971 and subsequent legislation.

2025-08-21 09:22:02 GMT

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The second - the Electronic Monitoring Review Tool (EMRT) is designed to assist in the context of quarterly Electronic Monitoring reviews carried out by the Home Office to decide if GPS tracking remains appropriate.
https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/4796/electronic-monitoring-using-gps-tags-tech-primer

2025-08-21 09:22:02 GMT

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We’re asking the Information Commissioner to take action against the Home Office to ensure the protection of migrants and their rights.
https://privacyinternational.org/legal-action/ico-complaint-against-uks-automated-recommendation-tools-immigration-operations

2025-08-21 09:22:02 GMT

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Both of these tools are seemingly being used to make life altering decisions about migrants including about their detention, removal from the UK, and electronic monitoring through GPS tagging.

2025-08-21 09:22:02 GMT

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And secondly, it can generate automated recommendations as regards whether an individual should remain subject to an ankle tag or be transitioned to an NFD.
https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5457/non-fitted-devices-home-offices-surveillance-arsenal-investigating-technology-behind

2025-08-21 09:22:01 GMT

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The first - the Identify and Prioritise Immigration Cases tool (IPIC) generates automated recommendations and prioritises casework for immigration enforcement purposes, based on predefined “business rules.”
https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5452/automating-hostile-environment-uncovering-secretive-home-office-algorithm-heart

2025-08-21 09:22:01 GMT

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These recommendations inform decisions related to detention, removal, denial of services, voluntary departure, referral to other government departments.

2025-08-21 09:22:01 GMT

⚠️ We filed a complaint against the use of two algorithms in UK immigration enforcement operations.
https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5639/pi-rings-alarm-bell-and-alerts-ico-about-use-algorithms-home-office-and-their-impact

2025-08-20 16:23:06 GMT

🚨 Freedom of Information (FOI) requests reveal that the UK passport and immigration databases - over 150 million photos - have been used by police for mass facial recognition searches without a clear legal basis, or the public or parliament’s knowledge.
Find out more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/08/07/police-raid-passport-photo-data-historic-breach-privacy/

2025-08-20 09:22:01 GMT

ICYMI We filed a complaint against the UK Home Office’s policy and practice of collecting and processing data through two algorithms which play a role in immigration enforcement operations. Automation seems to be the latest threat faced for migrants in the UK.
Find out more about what our concerns are and why we're asking the ICO to take action against the Home Office
privacyinternational.org/long-read/5639/pi-rings-alarm-bell-and-alerts-ico-about-use-algorithms-home-office-and-their-impact

2025-08-19 15:00:21 GMT

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We call upon legislators in the UK parliament to challenge the government's use of Technical Capability Notices and the chilling effect these notices have globally on individuals privacy and security.
Learn more about our challenge: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5547/our-challenge-against-uks-secret-tcn-powers

2025-08-19 15:00:21 GMT

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Earlier this year, alongside @libertyHQ we brought a case to the UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal contesting this secret regime Gabbard refers to, on the basis that this secret regime makes people's data less safe.
https://privacyinternational.org/legal-action/pi-apple-tcn-challenge

2025-08-19 15:00:21 GMT

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While Gabbard's statement appears to be a positive step for American citizens, it neither changes the secret regime that exists with Technical Capability Notices nor stops the UK Government from issuing other such notices in the future.

2025-08-19 15:00:21 GMT

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We remain concerned about the technical notices regime in the UK that allowed for the UK Government's unprecedented attack on individuals' private data around the globe that is disproportionate and unnecessary.

2025-08-19 15:00:20 GMT

Today, US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard tweeted that the UK Government has agreed to drop its instruction to Apple to provide a back door to E2EE data.
🤔
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdj2m3rrk74o

2025-08-19 13:05:32 GMT

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- Data used to facilitate the tools comes from varied and broad datasets which, in several cases, may have been collected for wholly different purposes.

2025-08-19 13:05:31 GMT

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- The use case and large-scale processing, including of sensitive data, of these two algorithmic tools appears to be unjustified, unnecessary and disproportionate.

2025-08-19 13:05:31 GMT

❗ BREAKING ❗ We've filed a complaint against the use of two algorithms in UK immigration enforcement operations that adversely impact migrants.

2025-08-19 13:05:31 GMT

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- No clear and foreesable lawful justification for their use has been provided to people whose data is being processed, which - given the potential intrusiveness of these tools and the sensitivity of data they could be processing - is concerning.

2025-08-19 13:05:31 GMT

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We don’t believe the Home Office is complying with the law regulating the processing of personal data in the UK by deploying these tools without sufficient safeguards to protect those subject to them.
https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5639/pi-rings-alarm-bell-and-alerts-ico-about-use-algorithms-home-office-and-their-impact

2025-08-19 13:05:31 GMT

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Here are our main concerns:
- The non-transparent way in which tools are deployed with individuals subject to them receiving uneven, inconsistent, or incomplete information in the case of one algorithm, and little to no information in the case of the other.

2025-08-19 13:05:31 GMT

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These two automated recommendation-making tools have seemingly been deployed in immigration enforcement operations to make life altering decisions about migrants including about their detention, removal from the UK, and electronic monitoring through GPS tagging.

2025-08-19 13:05:31 GMT

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We’re asking the Information Commissioner (ICO) to take action against the Home Office to ensure the protection of migrants and their rights. https://privacyinternational.org/legal-action/ico-complaint-against-uks-automated-recommendation-tools-immigration-operations

2025-08-15 09:00:37 GMT

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2025-08-13 16:23:02 GMT

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The jury found that Meta had violated California's Invasion of Privacy Act by collecting private menstrual health data without users’ consent. The plaintiffs alleged that Meta was using this data for advertising purposes.
https://privacyinternational.org/appdata

2025-08-13 16:23:02 GMT

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The lawsuit was filed in 2021 against Flo, with Meta, Google, and app analytics company Flurry subsequently being added as defendants. Flo, Google, and Flurry settled with the plaintiffs before the trial had begun, leaving Meta as the only remaining defendant.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/jury-finds-meta-broke-wiretap-law-by-collecting-data-from-period-tracker-app/

2025-08-13 16:23:02 GMT

Recently a Californian jury found Meta in violation of users' privacy in a class-action lawsuit brought by users of period tracking app Flo. 👀

2025-08-13 16:23:02 GMT

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Lawyers on the case said “This verdict sends a clear message about the protection of digital health data and the responsibilities of Big Tech".
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/jury-rules-meta-violated-california-privacy-laws-by-collecting-menstrual-health-data-from-flo/

2025-08-13 16:23:02 GMT

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The plaintiffs claimed that "Flo allowed Google and Meta to eavesdrop on users' private in-app communications" between November 2016 and February 2019, despite promising Flo App users that their sensitive information would not be disclosed.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.372884/gov.uscourts.cand.372884.637.0.pdf

2025-08-12 16:23:04 GMT

Everything you do online might be used to profile you. But who are the profilers? What do they do with your data? 🤔
https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4398/companies-control-our-secret-identities

2025-08-12 09:22:02 GMT

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❗ This is despite there being no legislation or policy in place allowing the use of these databases for FRT.

2025-08-12 09:22:01 GMT

📈 Data shows a dramatic rise of Facial recognition enabled database searches over the past 6 years in the UK. Passport database queries surged from 2 in 2020 to 417 in 2023 and searches of the immigration database jumped from 16 in 2023 to 102 in 2024.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/08/07/police-raid-passport-photo-data-historic-breach-privacy/

2025-08-11 16:23:02 GMT

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⚠️ These FRT-enabled searches are an unchecked use of surveillance powers and an historic breach of the right to privacy.
Find out more 👉 https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5635/revealed-skyrocketing-scale-uk-polices-secret-facial-recognition-searches

2025-08-11 16:23:01 GMT

❗ We are calling for an urgent moratorium on the use of the passport and immigration databases for the purpose of FRT searches.
These searches have skyrocketed in recent years despite there being no legislation or policy in place allowing the use of these databases for FRT.

2025-08-09 13:30:08 GMT

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2025-08-09 13:30:08 GMT

🚨 URGENT: We need an urgent moratorium on the use of UK passport and immigration databases for FRT searches.

2025-08-09 13:30:08 GMT

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2025-08-08 14:00:11 GMT

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These FRT-enabled searches are an unchecked use of surveillance powers and an historic breach of the right to privacy. There is currently no legislation or policy in place allowing the use of these databases for FRT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TCmkV7rKvg

2025-08-08 14:00:11 GMT

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We demand the Home Office implement an urgent moratorium on the use of the passport and immigration databases for the purpose of FRT searches. https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5635/revealed-skyrocketing-scale-uk-polices-secret-facial-recognition-searches

2025-08-08 14:00:10 GMT

Yesterday, alongside Big Brother Watch, we revealed the skyrocketing scale of the Home Office and Police's secret facial recognition searches of the passport and immigration databases. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/08/07/police-raid-passport-photo-data-historic-breach-privacy/

2025-08-07 15:03:31 GMT

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Find out more: https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5635/revealed-skyrocketing-scale-uk-polices-secret-facial-recognition-searches

2025-08-07 15:03:31 GMT

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This is despite FRT giving a far less precise match probability score than other biometrics like DNA, leading to false positive matches, and even people being wrongfully accused by UK Police and private companies.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-69055945

2025-08-07 15:03:31 GMT

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In the US people have even been wrongly jailed after facial recognition errors
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/29/technology/detroit-facial-recognition-false-arrests.html

2025-08-07 15:03:31 GMT

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Sir David Davis MP says “It’s outrageous that parliamentarians and the public have been kept in the dark about this extraordinary surveillance system”. He also raised concerns of the total lack of judicial check or oversight and called for it to be "struck down".

2025-08-07 15:03:30 GMT

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These databases may be used to match identities from ‘probe’ photos, from a variety of sources such as CCTV images, photos taken in public spaces, or from social media. Police are not required to have reasonable grounds to suspect that individuals they are trying to identify have committed any crime.

2025-08-07 15:03:30 GMT

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These FRT-enabled searches are an unchecked use of surveillance powers and a historic breach to the right to privacy. There is currently no legislation or policy in place allowing the use of these databases for FRT.

2025-08-07 15:03:30 GMT

🚨 NEW: Freedom of Information (FOI) requests reveal that the UK passport and immigration databases - with over 150 million photos - are being increasingly used by police for mass facial recognition searches without a clear legal basis, or the public or Parliament’s knowledge.

2025-08-07 15:03:30 GMT

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The data shows a dramatic rise in database searches over the past 6 years, with passport database queries surging from just 2 in 2020 to 417 in 2023. Similarly, searches of the immigration database jumped from 16 in 2023 to 102 in 2024.

2025-08-07 15:03:30 GMT

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We and Big Brother Watch demand the Home Office implement an urgent moratorium on the use of the passport and immigration databases for the purpose of FRT searches.

2025-08-07 15:03:30 GMT

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We and Big Brother Watch will be instituting legal action to challenge this unregulated mass repurposing of databases which contain the details of almost all UK citizens and residents.

2025-08-07 09:22:01 GMT

It can be overwhelming to think about the amount of data big tech has about us. But there are things you can do.
For example, you might be able to ask companies to give you a copy of your data. Read this guide to learn how 💪
https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/3845/71-tips-how-make-most-out-your-dsar

2025-08-05 09:22:01 GMT

🚀 Towards regulation of private surveillance services 🚀
The discussion around regulating private surveillance services is gaining momentum, but concrete action is needed. National & international efforts must prioritise clear legislative and institutional measures.

2025-08-05 09:22:01 GMT

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🌐 Actionable steps 🌐
- Clearly define private surveillance services in legal frameworks.
- Set limits on the development & use of surveillance tech.
- Provide tech expertise to regulatory authorities.

2025-08-04 10:00:28 GMT

It feels like you have to give your email address to get access to EVERYTHING these days.
We have a guide to help you avoid that!
https://privacyinternational.org/guide-step/5534/guide-making-use-disposable-email-addresses
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