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06 May, 2025
‘I was failed by the ICO’: Data Bill Amendment Could Help Survivors of Abuse
Open Rights Group is calling for a change to the law to protect the privacy and safety of survivors of modern slavery and gender-based violence.
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17 April, 2025
New report: How Meta is monetising the migrant crisis
How Meta monetises the migrant crisis
Social media giant Meta is profiting from the global migrant crisis – enabling both criminals and the UK Home Office to target vulnerable migrants with adverts.
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07 April, 2025
IPT supports ORG’s call for open hearing in Apple encryption case
The court responsible for hearing Apple’s challenge against the UK Government demanding that it breaks encryption has rejected the Home Office’s bid to have the case heard in secret.
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01 April, 2025
Democracy groups warn of threat ‘Henry VIII’ powers pose to future election integrity
Democracy organisations, privacy groups and academics have written to government ministers to warn that powers in the Data Use and Access (DUA) Bill could threaten the integrity of future elections.
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01 April, 2025
ORG response to Cyber Security Bill
Digital rights campaigners, Open Rights Group (ORG) have responded to the publication of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill.
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13 March, 2025
Make the Investigatory Powers Tribunal on Apple Encryption a Public Hearing
Rights groups call for Apple’s closed appeal against the Home Office’s encryption-breaching order to be opened to the public.
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06 March, 2025
Home Office announces further delays to the e-Visa scheme
The Home Office has again extended the deadline for implementing its eVisa scheme.
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26 February, 2025
Practice Safe Text Campaign launched
Open Rights Group has launched a new campaign, ‘Practice Safe Text’ which highlights the importance of end-to-end encryption in keeping our communications safe.
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21 February, 2025
ORG response to Apple killing its data protection tools for UK users
Open Rights Group has responded to Apple’s announcement that they will no longer be able to offer Advanced Data Protection tools after UK security row.
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07 February, 2025
UK Government undermines security with demands for Apple users encrypted data
Open Rights Group has responded to a Washington Post article that claims the UK has demanded that Apple build a backdoor to retrieve content that any Apple user has uploaded to the cloud.
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30 January, 2025
New report: Voter data privacy concerns over apps used by political parties
Moral Hazard
A new report, Moral Hazard: Voter Data Privacy and Politics in Election Canvassing Apps, raises concerns about the privacy and security of canvassing apps used by political parties.
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16 January, 2025
Age verification proposals could expose people to exploitation
Open Rights Group has responded to Ofcom’s announcement that porn sites will be expected to verify the age of their users by July 2025.
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06 December, 2024
Letter to Peter Kyle: Keep our right not to be subjected to decisions based solely on AI
Civil society organisations, trade unions, academics and campaigners have called for the government to scrap proposals to remove the right not to be subject to decisions made by automated or AI systems.
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05 December, 2024
Prevent: Thousands of children referred to counter terrorism programme last year
The Home Office has published its latest Prevent referral figures, which show a slight increase in the rise in referrals compared to last year.
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03 December, 2024
Home Office must use e-visa delay to change flawed scheme
Open Rights Group has welcomed reports that the government is set to delay the rollout of its e-visa scheme, which was due to come into effect on January 1, 2025.
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19 November, 2024
Police to get more data powers despite Sarah Everard records breach
The Data use and Access (DUA) Bill will have its second reading in the House of Lords today.
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14 November, 2024
ICO’s failure to enforce is putting the public at risk
Digital rights campaigners have published the Alternative ICO Annual Report, an analysis of the actions taken by the ICO against companies and organisations that have breached data protection law.
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24 October, 2024
Data Use and Access Bill will fail to protect public from AI harms
The Data Use and Access Bill will fail to protect the public from harmful uses of artificial intelligence, say digital rights campaigners, Open Rights Group.
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18 September, 2024
LinkedIn is latest social media company to process data for AI without consent
Open Rights Group is calling on the ICO to take action against social media companies that process users’ data without consent.
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17 September, 2024
Broken e-Visa scheme could lead to digital Windrush scandal
A new report by digital rights campaigners, Open Rights Group, has warned that the Government’s e-Visa scheme could lead to a digital Windrush scandal where people who have the right to be in the UK are unable to prove it, with life-changing consequences.
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16 September, 2024
ICO fails UK Meta users and allows social media giant to resume data scraping for AI
Open Rights Group have called on the ICO to justify its refusal to issue a binding order to stop Meta’s plans to scrape users data in order to train its AI systems.
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25 July, 2024
Artificial Intelligence: Safety Not Surveillance coalition calls for ban on predictive policing
The #SafetyNotSurveillance coalition – a group of organisations working at the intersections of human rights, racial justice and technology – have written to the Home Secretary calling for safeguards against the harms of AI systems in policing, including an outright ban on predictive policing and biometric surveillance systems.
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15 July, 2024
ORG complaint to ICO about Meta privacy policy changes
Open Rights Group has submitted a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) about Meta’s plans to take users’ information to “develop and improve AI”.
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27 June, 2024
37 organisations ask parliamentary candidates to use respectful language about migrants
Human rights, migrant and justice rights organisations have written to all parliamentary candidates asking them to use humanising and respectful language when talking about migrants and refugees.
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11 June, 2024
ORG publishes digital rights priorities for next government
Open Rights Group has published its six priorities for digital rights that the next UK government should focus on.
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06 June, 2024
General election: ORG launches tool to help people opt out of data processing by political parties
Digital campaigners, the Open Rights Group (ORG) are helping the public to opt out of the processing of their data by political parties in the run up to the General Election.
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28 May, 2024
Demise of the DPDI is good news for data protection in the UK
Open Rights Group has welcomed the announcement that the Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill will be dropped as a result of the dissolution of parliament prior to the General Election.
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23 May, 2024
Rushing DPDI Bill would be disaster for data protection rights in the UK
Open Rights Group has called on the government to drop the Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill following the Prime Minister’s announcement that there will be a general election on 4 July.
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08 May, 2024
Online Safety proposals could cause new harms warns Open Rights Group
Ofcom’s consultation on safeguarding children online exposes significant problems regarding the proposed implementation of age-gating measures.
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25 April, 2024
Europe warns of threat to adequacy agreement
LIBE committee raises concerns about Data Protection and Digital Information Bill to UK government and European Commission.
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25 March, 2024
Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill will threaten people’s access to security updates and privacy friendly apps
MPs are expected to vote for the Investigatory Powers Amendment Bill (IPAB) when it returns to parliament today.
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20 March, 2024
The DPDI Bill will make it harder for people to get justice from the ICO
The Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill will harm the independence of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and make it harder for people to get justice when they experience data protection abuses, warns Open Rights Group.
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14 March, 2024
Extremism guidance attacks our freedom of expression
Open Rights Group has responded to the government’s announcement that it will update the definition of extremism used by government departments and officials.
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13 March, 2024
UK data protection proposals jeopardise adequacy agreement warns EU committee
The Chairman of the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee has written to the European Commissioner, Didier Reynders, to warn that the UK’s Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill is close to being passed despite its potential to undermine the UK adequacy decisions under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) and Law Enforcement Directive (LED).
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28 February, 2024
ORG submits complaints about intrusive LiveRamp adtech system
Today, Open Rights Group has submitted complaints to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Commission Nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) about LiveRamp, an online advertising and data broking company.
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28 February, 2024
Police must come clean about covert surveillance of journalists
ORG has joined with Committee to Protect Journalists, Amnesty International UK, Index on Censorship and Reporters Without Borders UK to express support for journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, who will attend a hearing of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in London this week in relation to claims they were targeted by the UK authorities using covert surveillance.
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22 February, 2024
New report reveals widespread data sharing and retention of Prevent referrals, including children’s data
A new report by digital campaigners, Open Rights Group, has found that the data of people who are referred to the Prevent programme is being widely shared, and that data is being retained for years even when referrals are marked ‘no further action’.
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19 February, 2024
MPs should reject powers to veto global privacy tools
Open Rights Group has urged MPs to reject proposals that would enable the UK to secretly veto security updates that ensure our online interactions are safe and secure.
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17 December, 2023
FOI request reveals extent of Prevent data sharing
An FOI request has revealed that the data of people who are referred to Prevent is being shared more widely than previously known, including with airports, ports and immigration services.
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11 December, 2023
ORG and the 3million win in court again
The Immigration Exemption to data protection is STILL unlawful as Courts tell Home Office again that they cannot sidestep Parliament when using personal data to profile migrants.
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05 December, 2023
Ofcom’s age verification proposals risk privacy and security
Open Rights Group has responded to the publication of Ofcom guidelines on the age verification of pornography websites.
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28 November, 2023
DPDI Bill: New ‘welfare surveillance’ proposals target vulnerable people
The UK government is proposing to give the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) powers to force financial institutions to hand over personal information belonging to people who claim benefits from the state.
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07 November, 2023
King’s Speech: Investigatory Powers Act reforms threaten security
Open Rights Group has responded to the proposed amendments to the Investigatory Powers Act, announced in the King’s Speech today.
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31 October, 2023
Campaigners urge schools not to rush to report pupils to Prevent in wake of escalated Israel-Palestine conflict
It is right that young people will want to discuss issues of terrorism, human rights and humanitarian obligations in the context of the current crisis in Israel and Palestine.
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30 October, 2023
Letter to Rishi Sunak: AI Summit is dominated by Big Tech and a ‘missed opportunity’
In an open letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the groups warn that the “communities and workers most affected by AI have been marginalised by the Summit” while a select few corporations seek to shape the rules.
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11 October, 2023
Response to braverman
ORG has responded to Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s letter to Chief Constables in England and Wales on the police response to the harassment of Jewish people in the UK following the Hamas attack on Israel at the weekend.
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19 September, 2023
ORG warns of threat to privacy and free speech as Online Safety Bill is passed
Open Rights Group has warned that Online Safety Bill, which has been passed in parliament, will make us less secure by threatening our privacy and undermining our freedom of expression.
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06 September, 2023
Government admits Spy Clause can’t be used safely
Open Rights Group has responded to a report that the Government has conceded that it will not use powers to scan private messages until it is “technically feasible” to do so.
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05 September, 2023
Online Safety Bill: US and UK campaigners warn of dangers of age verification
Proposals aimed at protecting children could force tech platforms to choose between freedom of speech and the right to privacy, a new briefing by digital rights campaigners, Open Rights Group and EFF has warned.
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10 August, 2023
UK Shaken by Major Data Breaches: Security Concerns Surge Over Data Protection Changes
Recent major data breaches, impacting crucial institutions like the Electoral Commission and the Police Service of Northern Ireland, have brought attention to potential risks linked to the proposed Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.
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20 July, 2023
Online Safety Bill: Peers have failed to protect our privacy and security
Open Rights Group has responded to last night’s debate on the Online Safety Bill in the House of Lords.
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19 July, 2023
Legal opinion finds Online Safety Bill may breach international law
Open Rights Group has received legal advice from Dan Squires KC and Emma Foubister of Matrix Chambers, which states that measures in the Online Safety Bill may involve breaches of international law.
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04 July, 2023
Experts and civil society organisations warn European Commission of threat to adequacy agreement
Threat to Data Rights
28 civil society organisations and privacy experts have written to the European Commission to raise concerns about the threat that UK data reform poses to European citizens’ data rights.
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30 June, 2023
Online Safety Bill: Peers need to consider privacy risks of age verification
Open Rights Group has responded to the government’s announcement that the Online Safety Bill will require “pornography companies, social media platforms and other services to be explicitly required to use age verification or estimation measures to prevent children accessing pornography”.
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28 June, 2023
Online Safety Bill: Suella Braverman fails to understand encryption risk
Open Rights Group has responded to an opinion piece in the Telegraph by the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman MP that claims that: “The government, tech experts, and wider industry partners have demonstrated that it is technically feasible to detect child sexual abuse in environments which utilise encryption whilst still strongly maintaining user privacy.
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26 June, 2023
Online Safety Bill: International organisations, academics and cyber experts urge UK government to protect encrypted messaging
Safeguard private communication
Over 80 civil society organisations, academics and cyber experts from 23 countries have written to the UK government to raise the alarm about proposed powers in the Online Safety Bill.
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19 June, 2023
Disbanding Windrush unit further undermines trust in Home Office
Open Rights Group has responded to a Guardian report that the Home Office has “quietly disbanded” the unit created to reform the department after the Windrush scandal, which saw thousands of people from Commonwealth countries incorrectly classified as illegal immigrants.
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25 May, 2023
ORG report finds that ICO failed to hold the government to account over use of public health data during pandemic
ORG’s new report exposes failures by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in protecting the public privacy and data rights during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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22 May, 2023
Meta fine: ORG warns that DPDI Bill could allow laundering of EU citizens’ data
Open Rights Group has warned that the Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill could allow Meta to get around the suspension of data transfers from Europe to the United States, which was imposed by Ireland’s data protector regulator today.
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18 April, 2023
WhatsApp, Signal and Element: Online Safety Bill ‘poses an unprecedented threat to the privacy, safety and security of every UK citizen’
Open Rights Group welcomes calls by WhatsApp, Signal and Element for a re-think of government proposals that could force them to undermine the encryption of their services.
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29 March, 2023
Victory for migrants as judge rules immigration exemption is incompatible with GDPR
A High Court judge has agreed with Open Rights Group and the3million that the immigration exemption in the UK Data Protection Act 2018 is incompatible with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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21 March, 2023
ORG and the3million challenge Government in the High Court over the Immigration Exemption
Campaigners have a second judicial review hearing in the High Court on Tuesday 21 March 2023 to challenge the Government over the immigration exemption in the Data Protection Act 2018.
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15 March, 2023
Manchester 10: Open letter asks Andy Burnham to tackle discriminatory ‘gang’ surveillance
Advocacy groups and human rights organisations have written to the Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, and the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, Stephen Watson, to ask them to investigate discriminatory police practices in the wake of the conviction of ten young Black men, known as the Manchester 10.
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08 March, 2023
Revised Data Grab Bill an even greater threat to privacy
Open Rights Group has responded to the publication of a new draft of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.
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07 March, 2023
26 civil society groups call on government to stop the Data Grab Bill
26 civil society organisations have written to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Michelle Donelan MP, calling for the Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill to be dropped.
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24 February, 2023
Online Safety Bill: Spy clause could force Signal to pull services from UK
Messaging app Signal has announced that it will withdraw its services from the UK if it is forced to undermine encryption through proposals in the Online Safety Bill.
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22 February, 2023
Proposals to tackle domestic abuse threaten presumption of innocence
Open Rights Group has responded to government proposals to tackle domestic abuse in the UK.
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08 February, 2023
Open Rights Group responds to Shawcross review of Prevent
Open rights Group has responded to the Shawcross review of Prevent, which was published today
Policy Manager, Sophia Akram said:
Open Rights Group and other other NGOs previously raised concerns about Sir William Shawcross’s ability to be objective given his history of making disparaging comments about Islam.
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24 January, 2023
ORG welcomes Apple’s move to expand encryption
Open Rights Group welcomes Apple’s move to improve security with its Advanced Data Protection feature for iCloud.
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17 January, 2023
Threatening tech bosses with prison damages freedom of expression
As the Online Safety Bill returns to the commons today for its delayed report stage, it appears MPs might introduce prison sentences for tech bosses that fail to censor content harmful to children.
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12 January, 2023
Changes to Online Safety Bill embed power of tech companies, and do little for free speech
In the latest version of the Online Safety Bill, a provision governing so-called “legal but harmful” content for adults has been removed.
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30 November, 2022
Chat monitoring sneaked into Online Safety Bill through back door measure
For immediate release
The Open Rights Group’s policy manager on Freedom of Expression, Dr.
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28 November, 2022
Online Safety Bill sinking under flood of amendments
Attempts to solve social problems with draconian regulation of internet services won’t help victims.
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16 November, 2022
Online Safety Bill a threat to human rights warn campaigners
Civil liberties groups have warned that the Online Safety Bill will fundamentally undermine human rights in the UK.
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08 November, 2022
Compulsory ID cards are wrong, ineffective, Orwellian, and thoroughly un-British
Responding to the reports that the shadow Immigration Minister, Labour MP Stephen Kinnock has called for the introduction of ID Cards, the Executive Director of the Open Rights Group, Jim Killock, said:
“ID Cards were a good part of Labour’s decline and defeat in 2010.
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03 November, 2022
Proposed changes to Online Safety Bill will not protect free speech
Responding to the news that PM Rishi Sunak has ordered the Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan to ditch the “legal but harmful” clause and bring back the controversial Online Safety Bill back to the House of Commons before Christmas, [1] the Executive Director of the Open Rights Group, Jim Killock, said:
“This proposed change will not protect free speech.
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27 October, 2022
Online Safety Bill should be scrapped
Bill is not fit for purpose
Threats to free speech and privacy of millions of UK citizens and residents
Responding to the news that the government has delayed the Online Safety Bill once again, Dr Monica Horten Policy Manager of the Privacy campaigning organisation, the Open Rights Group, said:
“The privacy of 40 million chat users is threatened by this Bill.
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19 October, 2022
Government’s Dismantling of Data Protection undermines rape victims’ protections from digital strip searches
• Laws that underpin new code of practice to protect rape victims from digital strip searches are about to be reformed.
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21 July, 2022
UK Intelligence chief’s plan to scan our phones turns them into ‘spies in your pocket’
Privacy and digital rights group say spy chief’s plans to scan our phones will turn them into a ‘spy in your pocket’.
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18 July, 2022
Open rights group sound ‘Red Alert’ as Nadine Dorries announces bonfire of data rights
Government’s Data Bill is dubbed as the ‘Data Oligarchs Charter’ by the privacy campaigning organisation, the Open Rights Group.
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14 July, 2022
Online Safety Bill Delayed: Opportuntiy for a rethink
For Immediate Release
The government has delayed Online Safety Bill debate until the AutumnParliamentarians must think through the consequences for free expression and privacyThe Online Safety Bill is to be delayed until a new Conservative leader is elected, giving MPs an opportunity for a rethink.
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21 June, 2022
Legal challenge of the Immigration Exemption
Second legal challenge to Immigration Exemption in Data Protection Act 2018
Campaigners have been granted permission to proceed to a full hearing by the High Court in relation to a second legal challenge of the Immigration Exemption.
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13 June, 2022
Civil Society hits out at Nadine Dorries over ‘rigged’ consultation
In a rarely seen move, more than 30 civil society organisations have gone public with their concerns over what they believe may be an unlawful consultation process.
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20 May, 2022
Human Rights organisations’ letter to UK Government on sanctions and internet access in Russia
EMBARGO: 09:00am Friday 20 May 2022
Human rights organisations express concerns over new sanctions that may interfere with the Russian people’s access to the internet, which will obstruct attempts to organize in opposition to the war, report openly and honestly on events in Russia, and access information about what is happening in Ukraine and abroad.
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04 May, 2022
Privacy organisation criticizes Government over failure to protect the safety and privacy of Ukrainian Refugees
Embargo: Immediate
A BBC investigation has revealed that the government’s re-settlement scheme for Ukrainian refugees puts vulnerable people at risk of serious harm from people traffickers and others.
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16 March, 2022
Government’s Online Safety Bill is an Orwellian Censorship Machine
Powers to imprison social media executives mirrors those exercised by Vladimir Putin in Russia
Ministerial powers to censor legal content still in place
Shifting bill promises more policy failures and disappointment
Responding to the news of the Government’s republication of the draft Online Safety Bill, the Executive Director of the Open Rights Group, Jim Killock, said:
“The fact that the Bill keeps changing its content after four years of debate should tell everyone that it is a mess, and likely to be a bitter disappointment in practice.
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25 February, 2022
The Online Safety Bill and Government crackdown on anonymity will punish victims
Embargo: Immediate
Responding to the news of the Government’s announcement on introducing Identity Verification as part of the Online Safety Bill, the Executive Director of the Open Rights Group, Jim Killock, said:
“This proposal would lead to a two tier Internet, where people who suffer abuse and use anonymity to shield themselves are actively discriminated against.
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08 February, 2022
Government’s new proposal could force people to age verify before using Google or Reddit
Embargo: Immediate
Responding to the news of the Government’s announcement on introducing a new legal duty as part of the Online Safety Bill which will force companies to profile visitors for all sites that publish adult content, the Executive Director of the Open Rights Group, Jim Killock, said:
“There is no indication that this proposal will protect people from tracking and profiling porn viewing.
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07 February, 2022
Experts hit out at the UK Home Office’s scaremongering anti-encryption campaign
Embargo: Immediate
In advance of the UK Safer Internet Day (8 February 2022), Open Rights Group, and leading security and technology experts around the world have accused the UK Home Office of misleading the public with a “scaremongering” campaign against end-to-end encryption, the technology that keeps messaging services such as WhatsApp and Signal private.
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02 February, 2022
It’s about time UK ICO takes action
EMBARGO: Immediate
Responding to news of the Belgian privacy watchdog finding AdTech lobby IAB Europe’s ‘Transparency & Consent framework” in violation of GDPR, Mariano delli Santi, Legal and Policy Officer at Open Rights Group said:
“The verdict of the Belgian Data Protection Regulator is damning.
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31 January, 2022
The Prime Minister’s new ‘Brexit Freedoms’ Bill means less democracy, less freedoms, and less control.
EMBARGO: Immediate
Responding to Government’s announcement on pledging to bring forward a new ‘Brexit Freedoms’ Bill, Jim Killock, the Executive Director of the Open Rights Group, said:
“We were told Brexit meant ‘taking back control’, the Prime Minister’s new ‘Brexit Freedoms Bill’ is aimed at reducing Parliamentary oversight.
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18 January, 2022
UK Government ‘alarmist spin’ on encryption
Open Rights Group denounce the UK Government’s ‘alarmist spin’ on encryption
Scaremongering campaign by UK Home Office will make public less safe by undermining trust in secure smartphone messaging
Over half a million pounds of taxpayers’ money spent on advertising campaign
Open Rights Group says weakening encryption through Online Safety Bill will only help predators, criminals, blackmailers and scammers
Open Rights Group and leading security and technology experts have accused Home Secretary Priti Patel of misleading the public with a “scaremongering” campaign against end-to-end encryption, the technology that keeps messages through services such as WhatsApp and Signal private.
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23 December, 2021
ORG BOARD ELECTION RESULTS 2021
We are pleased to announce that Steven Murdoch and Melanie Dymond Harper have been elected to the Open Rights Group Board of Directors.
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25 November, 2021
Privacy watchdog condemns Regulator’s lack of action
Responding to the ICO’s report on Adtech, detailing continued unlawfulness with no deadline for change, the Executive Director of the Open Rights Group, Jim Killock, said:
“The ICO has investigated, reported twice and explained repeatedly that the Google and the IAB-led adtech industry are in massive breach of the law.
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10 November, 2021
Lloyd vs Google: Government must provide mechanism for collective redress
Responding to the decision in Lloyd vs Google, at which the Open Rights Group (ORG) was an intervener, Executive Director of Open Rights Group, Jim Killock, said
“There must be a way for people to seek redress against massive data breaches, without having to risk their homes, and without relying on the Information Commissioner alone.
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09 September, 2021
ORG warns over Government’s plan to pursue lobbyists’ agenda on data rights
Embargo: Immediate
Responding to the news of UK Government plans to consult on changes to key data protection safeguards in the name of innovation, the Executive Director of the Open Rights Group, Jim Killock, said:
“The Government’s proposal would make it easier for companies to use and abuse your health data, and easier for Government to run so-called ‘mutant algorithms’ to decide your future.
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07 September, 2021
Open Rights Group calls on the ICO to do its job and enforce the law
EMBARGO: Immediate
Responding to ICO Commissioner Elizabeth Denham’s call on G7 countries to tackle cookie pop-ups challenge, Jim Killock, Executive Director of Open Rights Group, said:
“The simple fact is that most cookie banners are unlawful, and the data collection behind them is, as her own report states, also unlawful.
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20 July, 2021
Complaint against the AdTech industry body, the IAB, and Google in the Upper Tribunal
Jim Killock and Michael Veale are today at the Upper Tribunal asking for their Complaint against the AdTech industry body, the IAB, and Google to be reopened, after the ICO closed it without taking action against it.
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12 July, 2021
Privacy Campaigners condemn the Government for abdicating their responsibility
Responding to racist comments that were directed towards several England players following the team’s loss on penalties against Italy in the EURO 2020 final, Heather Burns, Policy Manager at the Open Rights Group, said:
“Illegal racial abuse sent to England’s footballers must be prosecuted under existing laws.
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17 June, 2021
Privacy Watchdog Condemns Government’s plan to axe Privacy Rights and Protections
Responding to the publication of a report yesterday by the Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform which has outlined their vision to “refresh the UK’s approach to regulation now that we have left the EU”, the Executive Director of the Open Rights Group (ORG), Jim Killock, said:
“This so-called ‘independent report’ has been written by three conservative MPs, selected by a conservative Prime Minister to advise a conservative Government with the intention of canceling data protection altogether.
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