Brexit is distracting parliament from the controversial use of facial recognition
The UK is experimenting with facial recognition but parliament is too distracted to care
Home Office blocks appointment of expert to spy watchdog
Surveillance expert Eric King kept from top job at IPCO
‘We are introducing corporate surveillance into our homes and we don’t care’
Gizmodo UK opinion piece covers how we voluntarily buy devices that reduce our privacy
Privacy campaigner Max Schrems files GDPR complaints against Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Spotify, YouTube and others
Campaigner uses privacy and digital rights organisation NOYB to file complaints
European regulators have data brokers in their sights
Cambridge Analytica scandal and introduction of GDPR have put shadowy industry in the spotlight
Hope of agreement on EU’s ePrivacy Regulation before European elections
UK seeking adequacy decision from EU before Brexit day
United States still lacking permanent Privacy Shield ombudsperson
The European Commission’s reviews successor to Safe Harbour
Christmas shoppers used to test facial recognition tech slammed as inaccurate
Met Police using controversial facial recognition technology in London’s Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus and Soho
Human rights organisations appeal European Court of Human Rights ruling on bulk surveillance
Liberty, Privacy International and the American Civil Liberties Union argue that any form of mass spying is in breach of rights to privacy and freedom of expression
Supreme Court to consider whether Investigatory Powers Tribunal rulings can be subject to judicial review
Next instalment in case brought by campaign group Privacy International