We have been observing and monitoring an increase in states’ adoption of authoritarian practices and policies. These ...

We explored what the recently adopted ILO Convention on Decent Work in the Platform Economy will mean for workers and labour rights, and analysed what are gaps that still need to be addressed during ...

Big Tech's walled gardens can keep users locked in through switching costs rather than superior service. While the EU's Digital Markets Act is forcing platforms open, interoperability creates its own ...

The aftermath of the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the United States (US) sparked widespread debate and concern that data from period tracking apps could be use to criminalise those seeking abortion ...

The Kenyan High Court ruled in January 2020 that the Kenyan ID system should not continue without further legislation to guarantee the security of biometric data and to ensure the system is not ...

The U.S. Government intends to force visitors to submit their digital history and DNA as the price of entry. With this much data AI tools will likely be deployed to unlock details of your life for ...

Companies selling diet programmes are using tests to lure users. Those tests encourage users to share sensitive personal data, including about their physical and mental health. But what happens to the ...

Working from home bolstered the use of remote surveillance software to monitor employees. It's not only tools that are developed specifically for surveillance, traditional productivity suites might ...

PI presents its analysis of the Huduma Numba judgment in three parts: the clear wins, the parts that make some small steps forward but could have been better and the dissapointing losses. Kenya High ...

Five companies lie at the heart of the UK’s GPS tagging system: Capita, G4S, Airbus, Telefonica and Buddi. It’s a complex entanglement of private third party responsibilities, with Capita as a core ...

In March 2025, PI (together with three co-claimants including Liberty) filed a complaint against the UK Government. We’re challenging their use of dangerous, disproportionate and intrusive ...

There is an urgent need for the regulation of facial recognition technologies in the UK to protect people from the grave risk it poses to human rights. In light of this, we conducted research to see ...