Tag: UK

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Access Now in the News

A data disaster is looming for every business – and our snooping laws are to blame

Daphne Leprince-Ringuet, ZDNet

8 October 2020

Access Now in the News

Business and Human Rights

EU’s top court blocks states from gathering user data for surveillance

Javier Espinoza, Jim Brunsden and Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan, Financial Times

6 October 2020

Access Now in the News

The EU court ruling that could end EU-UK data flows

POLITICO

6 October 2020

Access Now in the News

Business and Human Rights

UK and Australian regulators launch probe into Clearview AI

Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan, Financial Times

9 July 2020

Access Now in the News

COVID-19 in Britain: The death toll and the media deference

Al Jazeera

18 April 2020

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Digital Security

Facebook must go ahead with its plans to encrypt all services, despite government demands

Weakening encryption undermines our security. We urge Facebook to stand firm against government demands to backdoor products to the detriment of public safety and human rights. …

3 October 2019

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Digital Security

EU member states are watering down spyware regulation

Some EU member states are attempting to block curbs on the export of surveillance equipment to abusive regimes, threatening human rights around the world.…

15 November 2018

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If a U.S.-U.K. CLOUD Act agreement fails to protect our rights, the risks could go global

A new CLOUD Act agreement without added protections risks letting U.K. law enforcement use its own vast authority to demand the data of users all over the world, without a check by U.S. courts.…

4 October 2018

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Protecting our privacy under the CLOUD: what new agreements should look like

The U.S. is currently in negotiations with the U.K. regarding a CLOUD Act data access agreement. Here’s what any new agreement should have to protect our rights.…

4 October 2018

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What happened with the CLOUD Act (and what comes next)

The poorly drafted CLOUD Act doesn’t have adequate privacy protections for people in the U.S. or other countries. What do we do now?…

27 March 2018

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New U.S. CLOUD Act is a threat to global privacy

This bill would give law enforcement around the globe — particularly in the U.S. — more access to users’ private data without sufficient privacy protections. …

7 February 2018

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A diagnosis: Why current proposals to fix the MLAT system won’t work

A “bypass” operation for MLATs won’t save the patient (or protect human rights).…

2 May 2017

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