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Photo was found here This essay was published in The Sur International Journal of Human Rights, Issue 27, July 2018. Abstract: This essay focuses on elections in Kenya and analyses the use of technology and the exploitation of personal data in both the electoral process and campaigning. We only need

Create Commons Photo Credit: Source Privacy International has achieved an important victory for government transparency and information access rights. This victory stems from a long-running battle with the government to obtain information about the UK police’s purchase and use of IMSI catchers. The

Last year Privacy International conducted research into information left on rental cars after they are returned. Every car we rented contained readily apparent personal information about past drivers and other passengers, including information such as their past locations, smart phone identifier

Privacy International and other European civil society organisations write to European member states to urge them not to water down the e-Privacy proposal. We need more than ever strong regulation to protect the security and privacy of our digital communications, to protect us from being tracked

As the international cyber security debate searches for new direction, little attention is paid to what is going on in Africa. Stepping over the remains of the UN Group of Governmental Experts, and passing by the boardrooms of Microsoft struggling to deliver their Digital Geneva Convention, African