What We Do
Resist Pre-Crime
Data and content is being weaponised to criminalise people without cause.
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We campaign on surveillance, privacy and censorship in the digital age.
Don’t Scan Me!
The Online Safety Bill’s spy clause will outsource surveillance to messaging apps.
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Migrant Digital Justice
The Migrant Digital Justice programme empowers the migrants’ rights sector to challenge technologies used in immigration controls.
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Stop Data Discrimination
The government wants to make it easier for companies and authorities to use your data against you.
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Is your website being blocked?
Our Blocked project aims to improve transparency about web blocking filters used by mobile phone companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
Test your website nowCouncils against data discrimination
Council’s should use technology to support justice, rights and freedoms.
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Data and Democracy
Open Rights Group’s Data and Democracy project seeks to prevent digital technologies from eroding public trust in the democratic process.
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Events
Friends Meeting House – Manchester6 Mount St, Manchester, M2 5NS, England
24 June, 2023
Privacy Matters – Manchester Meet-up
RSVPOur victories
“Immigration exemption” ruled unlawful under GDPR
When the “immigration exemption” became law as part of the 2018 Data Protection Act, it threatened the data rights of all UK residents, including British citizens.
Find Out MoreNHSX scraps centralised model for Covid-19 app
In a huge win for digital privacy, in June 2020 the UK Government scrapped plans to use a centralised model for its Covid-19 tracker app, opting for the decentralised model long advocated by Open Rights Group (ORG).
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