Data Retention

Privacy International

Privacy International (PI) is a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance and privacy invasions by governments and corporations. PI is based in London, England, and has an office in Washington, D.C.

11 Jun 08 Is your data safe in their hands?

Help stop the 2011 census being run by an arms company with close links to the United States government.

21 Apr 08 Democracy in Zimbabwe - by SMS!

Thanks to the innovative and open source Frontline SMS system, pro-democracy e-activists at Kubatana have managed to

9 Apr 08 BT admits tracking 18,000 users with Phorm systems in 2006

as part of a secret trial to analyse the web traffic of its broadband customers, and then serve selected adverts on a number of selected websites. Report from the Guardian.

2 Jan 08 Leading surveillance societies in the EU and the World 2007

Privacy International release their report on privacy in 2007. The UK is highlighted as one of the worst countries, described as “endemic surveillance societies”.

19 Dec 06 Privacy, Email and Activism

a good introduction to issues of security in email communications from Indymedia. See how the UK ranks in a 347=x-347-545224”>recent study by Privacy International looking at how well countries protect the privacy rights of their citizens.