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NEWS 19.12.2024

Welsh police to use facial recognition app

Police officers in Wales will be armed with a smartphone app that conducts facial recognition scans. Critics call it "Orwellian tech."

NEWS 17.12.2024

Serbia: Authorities use spyware to keep tabs on activists

In Serbia the police and the country's intelligence agency are targeting activists and members of the press with spyware, Amnesty International reports. The authorities have used pretenses to gain physical access to individuals' smartphones and install the invasive programs.

NEWS 05.12.2024

US: FTC acts to limit sale of location data by data brokers

The US Federal Trade Commission has proposed measures that would ban three data brokers from selling sensitive location data. The brokers' clients include US government agencies - civil liberties groups have criticized the companies for years.

NEWS 04.12.2024

Poland: Former intelligence chief compelled to appear before Pegasus committee

The former head of Poland's domestic intelligence agency was compelled to appear before a parliamentary investigative committee. The committee is looking into the alleged use of Pegasus by the previous government.

NEWS 03.12.2024

UN plastics treaty talks break down

At the latest round of negotiations in South Korea, member states of the United Nations could not agree on a plastics treaty. Talks are now set to continue next year, past the deadline originally set. Environmental groups call on member states to agree to binding measures without further delay.

NEWS 27.11.2024

Italy: Foodinho delivery service must pay €5 million fine

The Italian food delivery service Foodinho used an app to spy on and share its workers' location data. Now the company must pay a fine.

NEWS 25.11.2024

Iran: More demonstrators sentenced to death

In recent weeks a wave of new death sentences has been handed down in Iran. Observers warn that executions could be imminent.

NEWS 21.11.2024

Australian hardware store chain used facial recognition unlawfully

The Australian hardware store chain Bunnings must not use facial recognition in its stores, the country's data protection authority has ruled. The decision follows a two-year investigation.

NEWS 20.11.2024

Denmark: Amnesty criticizes use of algorithms by welfare authority

In Denmark, algorithms are supposed to help detect social benefits fraud. A new report by Amnesty International warns that this could lead to discrimination against marginalized groups.

NEWS 14.11.2024

German intelligence agency not required to disclose use of Pegasus

Germany's foreign intelligence agency is not required to disclose information related to its acquisition and use of Pegasus spyware to journalists, Germany's Federal Administrative Court has ruled. The surveillance tool has been highly controversial for years.