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Bring a smartphone or laptop and learn about cryptographic technologies and chat about the reasons we need them.

In an effort to solve the problem of a backlog of digital devices, Police Scotland have exposed some profound problems regarding the legal framework of the whole digital forensics system.

Join us for a special presentation by Open Rights Group’s Executive Director Jim Killock about Internet censorship in the UK today.

Join us in our monthly meetup to discuss the current state of digital rights, ORG's ongoing campaigns, and how to get involved.

This month we have two special speakers in store to give us practical knowledge to protect ourselves online.

Following the conclusion of their consultation period, the BBFC have issued new age verification guidance that has been laid before Parliament. It is unclear why, if the government now recognises that privacy protections like this are needed, the government would also leave the requirements as voluntary.

ORG organiser Leo will show us some decentralised alternatives to Facebook and Twitter! There'll be time to try out these tools and to discuss recent goings on in the area of digital rights.

There's plenty to be scared about this Halloween! If you'd like to get ORG's digital rights updates…

Join ORG Bristol and Resist Surveillance for an update from Privacy International on what's new when it comes to "Policing in the age of data exploitation."

Data Rights Finder is a new tool to help people understand their data rights. Join us for a day of collaboration, building new tools to help people exercise their data rights.

Join us to discuss current events in digital rights issues and ORG's campaign work. All are welcome to this free event.

Join ORG Norwich for an important talk on the Counter-Terrorism & Border Security Bill and also the use of IMSI-catchers by UK state agencies. We’re lucky enough to have Zehrah Hasan of Liberty as our speaker.

We will be drafting a letter to the PCC about the legal basis and controls on the use of the Cellebrite and other similar mobile phone data extraction tools. We are encouraging concerned members of the public to help us with this.

Carefree summer holidays quickly gave way to a flood of major events in Europe with big implications for UK digital rights.

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The Scottish Government has a presumption against the creation of new public bodies. Open Rights Group explains why your voice is so important to the outcome of the consultation.

One of the rights in GDPR is the right to explanation. Here we take a look at some of the debates about the right and how it can be implemented.

This report examines issues arising from Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies and the legislation protecting these technologies. The report looks at how the use of DRM can impact on users’ security, privacy and right of access, while also exploring how DRM stifles innovation and competition. Furthermore, the report looks into the phenomena of obsolescence and vendor lock-in facilitated by DRM.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) today ruled that the UK’s mass interception programmes have breached the European Convention on Human Rights.

Members of European Parliament today voted to adopt amendments to the European Commission’s draft EU Copyright Directive. This followed a vote in July where MEPs voted down plans to fast-track the Copyright Directive and Article 13.M

GDPR has brought a renewed focus to assessing the privacy risks of using personal data. How can we also assess the ethical and social impacts of how organisations use data?

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Some of our most important laws--public safety codes such as building, fire, or electrical codes--are considered the private property of standards development organizations and may only be read at great cost. Carl Malamud will discuss his 10-year fight to change that situation

The controversial Copyright Directive is fast approaching another pivotal vote on 12 September. For the third time in half a year MEPs will decide whether Article 13 - or something even worse - will usher in a new era, where all content is approved or rejected by automated gatekeepers.

Continuing Open Rights Group’s analysis of the proposal for enhanced oversight of biometrics, Scotland Director Matthew Rice turns to the definition of biometric data.

Human rights organisations have launched a judicial review challenging the UK Government over the inclusion of a specific clause in the Data Protection Act 2018 which, they argue, would unnecessarily restrict the rights of millions of people across the country for the purpose of ‘effective immigration control’.

Is Article 13 good for musicians or just music labels? Will it usher in a new era of automated Internet censorship or instead help direct royalties to underappreciated artists? Join us for a open discussion with special guests.

There is much debate about the right of access in GDPR but many of them are yet to be discussed widely outside of academia. Here we discuss some of those debates including around subject access requests and privacy protections.

The Scottish Government has proposed to create a Scottish Biometrics Commissioner to provide enhanced oversight of the collection, use and deletion of biometric data. Open Rights Group reacts to the proposal.