Notices by Privacy International (privacyint@mastodon.xyz)

The whole digital infrastructure in Afghanistan is at risk of falling into the hands of a new entity.

Question are emerging about
- who will be in control
- purposes for which systems will be used

The answers will impact millions of people.

https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/4615/afghanistan-what-now-after-two-decades-building-data-intensive-systems

Do you have apps on your phone you didn't want and didn't ask for, but also can't delete?

Read our open letter to @google and @sundarpichai and add your voice: https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/3320/open-letter-google

#LowCostTech

Miembro del red de @privacyint en #Colombia @Karisma exploraron la Historia Clínica Electrónica (HCE), una propuesta que hace parte de la Carpeta Ciudadana, y documentaron varias perspectivas sobre el uso de las TIC dentro del contexto de la salud. https://twitter.com/Karisma/status/1134497265534558214

3. Cookie banners are annoying and deceptive. This is what the AdTech industry considers consent. It's not.

#happybirthdayGDPR #adtech
https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/2975/most-cookie-banners-are-annoying-and-deceptive-not-consent https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1131822137063419909/photo/1

Nuestros amigos de @hiperderecho en Perú comenzaron una serie de interesantes artículos, denominada "Seguridad es Privacidad" sobre la evolución de reformas legales que han ido debilitando el derecho a la privacidad.

Pueden encontrarla por acá 👉https://hiperderecho.org/temas/privacidad-es-seguridad/

Unconstituional searches of travellers' laptops and mobile phones at the US border have nearly quadrupled since 2015

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48118558

Today is privacy activist Ola Bini’s birthday and he has been detained in Ecuador for the past 23 days. We are proud to support him and signed a letter to ask for his release https://freeolabini.org/en/statement/ #freeolabini

We produced guides that show how to minimise targeted ads on ⬇⬇

#facebook / #instagram
https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/2827/facebook
https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/2828/instagram-owned-facebook

#twitter
https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/2829/twitter

#google / #youtube
https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/2826/google-youtube

Who next? tell us: saran@privacyinternational.org https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1123927869099364352/photo/1

We produced guides that show how to minimise targeted ads on ⬇⬇

#facebook / #instagram
https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/2827/facebook
https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/2828/instagram-owned-facebook

#twitter
https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/2829/twitter

#google / #youtube
https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/2826/google-youtube

Who next? tell us: saran@privacyinternational.org https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1122154936857272320/photo/1

In 2017 we documented the orwellian work of IBM in the Philippines under Duterte, now @theintercept sheds further light on the situation. @IBM, still nothing to say about this?
Read our report:
https://privacyinternational.org/report/638/smart-cities-utopian-vision-dystopian-reality
Read The Intercept investigation: https://theintercept.com/2019/03/20/rodrigo-duterte-ibm-surveillance/ https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1108783929811763200/photo/1

UK police are rolling out new spying technologies that monitor us in public, online and even at home. But they’re not telling the public. That’s not #policingbyconsent. We’re working with @libertyhq to shine a light on police spying #NeighbourhoodWatched https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/neighbourhood-watched https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1097824837043658752/photo/1

Hello world! Happy to finally be part of the Mastodon community. Follow us if you are interested in #privacy #personaldata #dataexploitation and #surveillance, we'll be talking a lot about these.

#newcomer #presentation