Digital rights campaigners Open Rights Group has condemned the last minute addition of extreme powers to the Crime and Policing Bill. The new additions would give the police the powers to extract data ...

This document is intended as a full overview of the Online Safety Act (OSA, or the Act) and how it works for organisations attempting to understand it and its implications. We explain the OSA’s key ...

eVisas: Hostile and Broken Last September, ORG published a report into the failings of the eVisa scheme. Since then, we have been approached by many people who have experienced problems when trying to ...

ORG’s Platform Power Programme Manager James Baker said: “ORG welcomes legislation to protect and improve the UK’s cyber security. But a key component of any cyber security strategy has to be the ...

Dear Lord Justice Singh, As organisations committed to defending privacy and freedom of expression rights, we are writing in response to reports that the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (‘IPT’) will be ...

The letter states that the “case implicates the privacy rights of millions of British citizens who use Apple’s technology, as well as Apple’s international users”. The groups note the “significant ...

Executive Summary Unfortunately, the Data (Use and Access) Bill still includes several provisions that would lower important protections for our data protection rights, and threaten public trust ...

James Baker, Platform Power Programme Manager at Open Rights Group said: “AI is rapidly expanding into all areas of public life. Many AI systems have been proven to magnify discrimination and ...

How to solve the problem The Home Office’s objection to allowing a digitally stored e-Visa, or a paper equivalent such as a printed QR code, is the result of the department’s desire to ensure that ...

LinkedIn is latest social media company to process data for AI without consent Open Rights Group is calling on the ICO to take action against social media companies that process users’ data without ...

The letter calls for an outright ban on predictive policing’ systems which use AI, data and algorithms to identify, profile and target individuals, groups and locations, attempting to ‘predict’ ...

Meta appears to violate at least Articles 5 (1) and (2), 6 (1) 6 (4), 9 (1), 12, 13, 17 (1) (c), 18, 19, 21 (1) and 25 UK GDPR. Meta has no legitimate interest under Article 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR that ...