Privacy
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Press Releases
Apple pausa el escaneo ‘hash’ de imágenes en dispositivos tras preocupación de la sociedad civil
Read in English. Apple pausa el escaneo de imágenes tras preocupación de distintos actores. El 3 de septiembre, Apple confirmó que “tomará tiempo adicional en los próximos meses para recopilar información y realizar mejoras” antes de lanzar algunas funciones que…
8 September 2021
Press Releases
Apple taking pause after civil society calls to shelve on-device image hash scanning
Apple’s plan to implement client-side scanning is not a viable or proportionate solution to Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) online. The plan circumvents end-to-end encryption and puts everyone’s privacy and security at risk by reducing individuals’ control over their own devices.…
3 September 2021
Press Releases
Was Passenger Name Record data exploited to kidnap Belarusian journalist? Access Now calls for EU investigation
The EU should investigate if the disclosure of Passenger Name Record data aided the grounding of Ryanair flight FR4978 carrying journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega.…
25 August 2021
Report
Surveillance Tech In Latin America: Made Abroad, Deployed at Home
This joint report details the growing biometric surveillance infrastructure in Argentina, Brazil, and Ecuador, unmasks the companies behind these dangerous products, and exposes the government policies and practices that are undermining people’s rights.…
24 August 2021
Report
Privacy Violated: Protection of Customers’ Personal Information by Internet Service Providers in Palestine
ImpACT International for Human Rights Policies and Access Now explore how the absence of right-respecting and user-centric privacy policies are leaving Palestinians’ personal data up for grabs.…
24 August 2021
Blog
Cellebrite going public? Stop the deal!
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved Israeli surveillance firm Cellebrite’s Form F-4 Registration Statement, paving the way for Cellebrite going public with a NASDAQ listing. To smooth the process, Cellebrite published “Ethics & Integrity” statements. But the company has made no progress on demonstrating compliance with human rights. Neither investors nor NASDAQ should be swayed by these empty statements. …
23 August 2021
Blog
To protect human rights, identify and disrupt Australia’s “hacking bill”
The Australian “Identify and Disrupt” Bill is inching closer to passage. While the Australian Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) has identified the surveillance overreach in the bill, it has not sufficiently disrupted its powers. In the absence…
17 August 2021