Tag: International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance
Freshly released GISWatch reports address surveillance
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation (Hivos) released the 2014 Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) report covering the state of digital surveillance around the globe. Access wrote the GISWatch country report for the U.S., The Necessary and Proportionate Principles and the US government.
One step closer: USA FREEDOM Act moves US toward greater compliance with human rights law
One step closer: USA FREEDOM Act moves US toward greater compliance with human rights law
Updated Human Rights Principles clarify acceptable scope of government surveillance authority
Access and other groups introduce updates to International Principles one year after their introduction.
U.S. government targets civil society leaders for surveillance without explanation
Access condemns the FBI and NSA’s targeted surveillance of community leaders and thousands of others without due process.
How the NSA reform proposals stack up
In the wake of the ongoing revelations about NSA surveillance, Access releases an infographic measuring how the leading four reform proposals stack up against the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance.
US endorses principles it’s not living up to
Access statement on the President’s Review Group report on NSA surveillance
This afternoon the White House released “Liberty and Security in a Changing World,” the report and recommendations of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies. This five-person task force was convened by President Obama to assess the NSA’s communications surveillance programs and provide recommendations on reform.
Human Rights Day: Back to the basics on privacy – part 2 of 2
The revelations of mass government surveillance and pervasive monitoring of communications that broke earlier this year have led to an erosion of trust among internet users. So much so that organizations responsible for coordination of the internet’s technical infrastructure globally were compelled to release the Montevideo Statement on the “Future of Internet Cooperation.”
Human Rights Day: Back to the basics on privacy Part 1 of 2
The revelations of mass government surveillance and pervasive monitoring of communications that broke earlier this year have led to an erosion of trust among internet users. So much so that organizations responsible for coordination of the internet’s technical infrastructure globally were compelled to release the Montevideo Statement on the “Future of Internet Cooperation.”
Human Rights Day: Advancing a concept of protected information
Even before Edward Snowden began leaking documents detailing the scale and scope of the NSA and other intelligence agencies’ violations with our privacy, Access had been working with civil society organizations (like Privacy International and EFF), as well as international law experts, and human rights scholars to draft the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance (“the Principles”).