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Test and Trace police access is dangerous
Reacting to news that police will be granted access to Test and Trace data, Jim Killock, Executive Director of Open Rights Group said:
“It is dangerous to compromise the privacy of health data.
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The US trade deal will change the UK’s internet
As the UK negotiates a future trade deal with the US, our government is under enormous pressure from American tech giants to water down privacy protections.
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The Government’s Test and Trace Programme risks the privacy rights of hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of individuals in the UK whose personal data has been or will be processed through the Programme.
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26 Oct 2020 By Heather Burns
Online Harms: Encryption under attack
The UK government wants to make the web “safer” by using the Online Harms Bill to weaken encryption of private messages.
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14 Oct 2020 By Matthew Rice
Speak up and make UK data protection stronger
On October 22 the UK Government consultation on implementing new data protection enforcement powers will close.
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13 Oct 2020 By Pascal Crowe
Bigger than Cambridge Analytica
ORG’s view on the ICO’s personal data and political campaigns investigation.
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07 Oct 2020 By Sahdya Darr
Data & Trust: Will migrants use the NHS app?
A fortnight ago, the NHSX Covid-19 App was launched across England and Wales following the many concerns raised by civil society and privacy advocates including Open Rights Group (ORG) both collectively and individually regarding privacy and security.
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