Tag: Business & Human Rights
#WhyID: international actors in Afghanistan must clean up, restrict dangerous biometric trail
#WhyID: Access Now and civil society is calling on international actors to take immediate action to restrict and secure biometric data in Afghanistan.
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.
Privacy violated in Palestine: ISPs leave private data exposed
“Privacy Violated: Protection of Customers’ Personal Information by Internet Service Providers in Palestine,” explores how ISPs are failing to protect data.
خصوصيات مستباحة: دراسة جديدة حول حماية البيانات الشخصية ومزوّدي خدمات الإنترنت في فلسطين
“خصوصيات مستباحة: حماية المعلومات الشخصية من طرف مزوّدي خدمات الإنترنت في فلسطين“ يكشف كيف يخفق مزوّدي خدمات الإنترنت في حماية البيانات.
The computer says No: How the EU’s AI laws cause new injustice
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.
More than 90 policy groups call for Apple to abandon plan to scan images on iPhones
Apple urged to drop plans to scan iMessages, images for sex abuse
Silicon Valley scrambles to find a unified approach to the Taliban
TECNO Y2: the phone that’s compromising Africa’s data
Privacy International’s new report explores the 200 vulnerabilities in the TECNO Y2 mobile device that are compromising Africa’s data, calling out the manufacturer and Big Tech’s role in ensuring privacy.