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For a world where technology will empower and enable us, not exploit our data for profit and power. Find us on mastodon: https://nitter.cf/t.co/vTdLm4qChC
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1/ In June 2026, the International Labour Organisation @ILO adopted the first Convention to look at the impact of technology in the platform/gig economy. The new directive can make a difference for workers, with the right enforcement. But more is needed.
privacyinternational.org/nod…
6/ All of that needs to happen by engaging directly with workers, their representatives and civil society in order to develop an effective legislative framework to implement the Convention at the national level in open and inclusive dialogue.
7/ Learn more about what the Convention means for platform workers and the next steps for enforcement: privacyinternational.org/nod…
On Safe Abortion Day, we’re highlighting our guide with @WoWabortionpill to help sexual and reproductive justice activists protect their privacy online, with practical tips for securing devices, messaging safely and practising good digital hygiene.
pvcy.org/srjguide
Data protection law assumes companies know what personal data they hold, where it came from, and what it's used for.
AI use challenges these assumptions.
Read our response to DSIT's call for evidence on data regulation in the age of AI
privacyinternational.org/adv…
The UK is launching a new Royal Air Force space squadron as the inaugural UK Space Power Conference gets underway.
Another reminder that the new space race is increasingly also a military one.
Our analysis: The new space race is already a war race privacyinternational.org/lon…
After years of advocacy by unions, worker groups, and civil society, the ILO adopted a landmark Convention on Decent Work in the Platform Economy.
See this and more in our Summer highlights: pvcy.org/XJfswh
Defence-driven systems are seeping into everyday life. These systems can enable surveillance, data collection, and amplified biases. What happens when this tech shapes our town squares? Learn more: privacyinternational.org/lon…
There's a quiet trade in every ecosystem: convenience now, dependency later. Interoperability could loosen that grip - but opening a system to competitors also opens it to new risks.
We're working out how to do it right: privacyinternational.org/lon…
Governments all over the world have been building up arsenals of technologies to surveil and monitor migrants and asylum seekers.
We conducted a global survey to map the various technologies reportedly used on people on the move.
privacyinternational.org/rep…
Europol has responded to scrutiny over its data-processing practices, but transparency, oversight, and accountability gaps still remain.
Find more about this and other results from this Summer: pvcy.org/XJfswh
Period tracking apps have become a key part of managing our reproductive health. Our research examines the potential risks they pose for the privacy of our intimate reproductive health data.
In the context of a global roll back on reproductive rights, we urge menstruation apps to ensure they take a privacy-by-design approach to give users full transparency and control of their reproductive health data to protect their privacy.
Read more about our research here: privacyinternational.org/lea…
🚨 GLOBAL SURVEY LAUNCH 🚨 Governments globally have been building up arsenals of technologies to surveil and monitor migrants and asylum seekers.
We conducted a global survey to map the various technologies reportedly used on people on the move
privacyinternational.org/rep…