seven United Nations Special Rapporteurs shared critical analysis of the European Union’s Counter-Terrorism Agenda (CTA) and the reform of Europol’s mandate, the EU police cooperation agency.
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UN human rights experts called on all States to impose a global moratorium on the sale and transfer of surveillance technology.
Widespread use of contact tracing technology to fight the COVID-19 pandemic has led to almost incessant and omnipresent surveillance in some parts of the world, a UN expert on privacy told the General Assembly today. “This is a very disturbing trend; all-pervasive surveillance is no panacea for COVID-19,” Joseph Cannataci, UN Special Rapporteur on the […]
International action is needed to protect privacy in cyberspace, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy has told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Joseph Cannataci, who is exploring avenues for protecting cyberspace privacy, said it was both urgent and essential for States to act together, as the issue crossed national borders […]
The U.N. refugee agency has launched a nationwide biometric verification system in Uganda to make sure data gathered about refugees and asylum seekers is accurate. The UNHCR says this is to ensure assistance reaches those for whom it is intended. Uganda provides protection to about 1.4 million refugees from South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo […]
On 10 January 2018 the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, Joseph Cannataci, released the Draft Legal Instrument on Government-led Surveillance and Privacy. It aims at giving clear and detailed guidance for the area of government-led or organized surveillance using electronic means. Read the Draft Legal Instrument here.
he UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy has submitted independent expert advice to the US Supreme Court in a landmark case. The court is to decide on the validity of a search warrant which requires Microsoft to hand over the entire contents of an email account housed in its data centre located in […]
Governments must not release any personal data under open data schemes unless privacy safeguards are “bulletproof”, a UN expert on privacy has told the General Assembly in New York. Source: Surveillance, big data and open data: UN Privacy Agenda | Scoop News
What do Honduras, Pakistan, and Switzerland have in common? They all happened to be under the scrutiny of the UN Human Rights Committee, which found the countries’ human rights record wanting in many respects, including the scope of their surveillance legislation. Source: Clear and universal – the right to privacy at the 120th Session of […]
The letter follows Apple removing VPN apps from its China App Store after a change in the country’s law. Source: UN human rights watchdog sends Apple letter over China VPN demands | ZDNet
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