Research
REPORTS
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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Data Grab Bill will set back the UK economy and rights
Briefing on the Data Protection and Digital Information (No 2) Bill
The Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill had its second reading in Parliament on April 17 2023, after months of delays, internal civil service confusion, and strong civil society opposition.
Find Out MoreHow the Data Grab Bill harms migrants’ data rights
Briefing on the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
If you are a migrant in the UK, asylum seeker, refugee or working on this issue, you should read this carefully.
Find Out MoreAnalysis: The UK Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Open Rights Group analysis of the UK Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, as it was presented on 18 July 2022
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Find Out MoreOnline 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.
Find Out MoreOSB briefing
Open Rights Group and EFF raise warnings about age verification requirements in the Online Safety Bill.
Download NowPolicy briefing – Criminal liability for content harmful to children
A Policy briefing
Criminal liability for content harmful to children
Amendment NC2 Sir William Cash and Miriam Cates
Drafted by Dr Monica Horten – 16 Jan 2023
The Amendment is not about child protection.
Find Out MoreWho’s checking on your chats in private online spaces?
A policy brief on the inclusion of private communications in scope of the Online Safety Bill and the impact on end-to-end encryption
Chat monitoring of private messaging services has sneaked into the Online Safety Bill with very little public debate or Parliamentary Scrutiny.
Find Out MorePolicy briefing on retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) bill
Net neutrality to sunset if Retained EU Law Bill is passed
Retained Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill will wipe out net neutrality from UK law on 31 December this year.
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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.
Find Out MoreOnline 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.
Find Out More26 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.
Find Out MoreALL PUBLICATIONS
17 April, 2024
Digital Privacy
ORG Response to the ICO “consent or pay” consultation
Open Rights Group welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Information Commissioner’s Office consultation on the “consent or pay” model, which is or could be relied upon for processing personal data on the basis of consent.
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30 April, 2024
ORG’s Submission to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024
ORG’s Submission to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee
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11 April, 2024
Briefing: The impact of the DPDI Bill on data use for political purposes
In this briefing, we explain how the proposed changes to the UK data protection framework that would be introduced by the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill would weaken legal safeguards around the use of personal data for political purposes, in particular by:
WHY DATA PROTECTION MATTERS
The use of personal data and data analytics for electoral campaigning rose prominently in recent times.
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18 March, 2024
Digital Privacy
Briefing: The ICO Isn’t Working and How Parliament Can Fix It
Parliamentary briefing on amendments to the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill for the House of Lords Committee Stage, March 2024.
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12 March, 2024
Digital Privacy
The impact of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill on data use for political purposes
In this briefing, we explain how the proposed changes to the UK data protection framework that would be introduced by the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill would weaken legal safeguards around the use of personal data for political purposes.
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08 March, 2024
8 March 2024 Letter to Commissioner Reynders from LIBE Committee Chair DPDI Bill
Dear Commissioner Reynders,
The LIBE Committee closely follows the matters linked to the United Kingdom’s data protectionregime and adequacy findings granted to the UK by the European Commission.
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28 August, 2023
28 August 2023 Reply from Commissioner Reynders to LIBE Committee Chair DPDI Bill
Honourable Chair, dear Juan,
Thank you for your letter of 13 June 2023, in which you ask the Commission about its assessmentof the UK’s Data Protection and Digital Information Bill that is currently before the UK Parliament.
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13 June, 2023
13 June 2023 Letter to Commissioner Reynders from LIBE Committee Chair DPDI Bill
Dear Commissioner Reynders,
On 23 May 2023, LIBE committee Members held an exchange of views with the UK InformationCommissioner, Mr John Edwards, which was organised as follow-up to the LIBE committee’smission to the United Kingdom in November 2022.
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28 February, 2024
Report: Pervasive identity surveillance for marketing purposes
A technical report on personal data processing for LiveRamp’s “RampID” identity graph system based on an analysis of software documentation with a focus on Europe.
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22 February, 2024
Prevent and the Pre-Crime State: How unaccountable data sharing is harming a generation
Thousands of Prevent referrals are made each year ostensibly to “support people susceptible to radicalisation”.
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17 January, 2024
Joint Briefing on the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill
House of Lords, Report Stage (January 2024)
The Snowden revelations and subsequent litigation – some of which is ongoing – have repeatedly identified unlawful state surveillance by UK agencies that took place absent the knowledge of parliamentarians.
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18 December, 2023
Briefing – Data Protection and Digital Information Bill – House of Lords Second Reading
Published by Open Rights, a non-profit company limited by Guarantee, registered in England and Wales no.
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20 November, 2023
Parliamentary Briefing – Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Briefing for the Report Stage, November 2023
DATA BILL WILL SET BACK UK ECONOMY AND RIGHTS
The Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill will have its report stage in Parliament on November 29 2023.
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07 November, 2023
Response to Consultation on revised notices regimes in the Investigatory Powers Act 2016
Introduction
ORG would like to express concern regarding the proposed changes, which seem to be squarely aimed at reducing the possibility of the introduction of encryption to protect user data from unwanted access.
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04 September, 2023
UK Online Safety Bill will mandate dangerous age verification for much of the web
Under new age verification rules in the UK’s massive Online Safety Bill, all internet platforms with UK users will have to stop minors from accessing ‘harmful’ content, as defined by the UK Parliament.
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16 August, 2023
Online Safety Bill Roundtable: Prior Restraint
On 24 May 2023, Open Rights Group (ORG) held an online roundtable to discuss proposals for the Online Safety Bill that ORG argues will amount to prior restraint.
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18 July, 2023
Legal Advice on Prior Restraint Provisions in the Online Safety Bill
Published by Open Rights Group – Open Rights is a non-profit company limited by Guarantee, registered in England and Wales no.
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11 July, 2023
Manchester 10: Our Response to Andy Burnham
In March 2023, we sent an open letter to Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, 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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26 June, 2023
Online Safety Bill: Civil society organisations urge UK to protect global digital security and safeguard private communication
Open letter to the UK government from over 80 national and international civil society organisations, academics and cyberexperts raising concerns about the serious threat to the security of private and encrypted messaging posed by the Online Safety Bill.
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25 May, 2023
Data privacy and the Information Commissioner’s Office during a crisis: Lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic
A 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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23 May, 2023
How the Data Grab Bill harms migrants’ data rights
Briefing on the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
If you are a migrant in the UK, asylum seeker, refugee or working on this issue, you should read this carefully.
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18 April, 2023
Policy briefing – Online Safety Bill – House of Lords Committee Stage
CIVIL SOCIETY COMMITTEE STAGE BRIEFING ON THE ONLINE SAFETY BILL FOR HOUSE OF LORDS: ILLEGAL CONTENT SAFETY DUTIES AND PRIOR RESTRAINT – Supported by Wikimedia UK, Index on Censorship, and Open Rights Group.
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12 April, 2023
Data Grab Bill will set back the UK economy and rights
Briefing on the Data Protection and Digital Information (No 2) Bill
The Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill had its second reading in Parliament on April 17 2023, after months of delays, internal civil service confusion, and strong civil society opposition.
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16 March, 2023
Campaign Pack – Online Safety Bill
A guide for ORG supporters and activists who want to take action to protect their digital rights from the Online Safety Bill
Campaign Pack on the Online Safety Bill for ORG campaignersAuthor – James Baker – james.
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16 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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18 January, 2023
Policy briefing on retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) bill
Net neutrality to sunset if Retained EU Law Bill is passed
Retained Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill will wipe out net neutrality from UK law on 31 December this year.
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16 January, 2023
Online Safety Bill third reading briefing
Briefing to inform the Third Reading debate in the House of Commons on 17 January 2023
Unintended consequences of the Online Safety Bill mean a trio of surveillance, prior restraint of speech, and restriction on access to online content and services.
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16 January, 2023
Policy briefing – Criminal liability for content harmful to children
A Policy briefing
Criminal liability for content harmful to children
Amendment NC2 Sir William Cash and Miriam Cates
Drafted by Dr Monica Horten – 16 Jan 2023
The Amendment is not about child protection.
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09 January, 2023
Council’s Against Data Discrimination: Model Council Motion
Council Motion on Stopping Data Discrimination:Council Notes:
– That UK GDPR, and the Data Protection Act 2018 protects individuals from harmful or discriminatory uses of their data.
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09 January, 2023
Data Discrimination: 10 Questions to Your Council
A guide for local authority Councillors wishing to prevent data discrimination occurring within their Council.
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05 January, 2023
The Online Safety Bill – Sector Support Roundtable
In September 2022, Open Rights Group convened a discussion between privacy and data protection experts and other civil society professionals exploring the nexus between privacy, protection from online abuse and freedom of expression.
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27 October, 2022
Response to Call for information: Unauthorised access to online accounts and personal data
ORG submission to the Home Office consultation on a duty to cyberprotect
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30 November, 2022
Who’s checking on your chats in private online spaces?
A policy brief on the inclusion of private communications in scope of the Online Safety Bill and the impact on end-to-end encryption
Chat monitoring of private messaging services has sneaked into the Online Safety Bill with very little public debate or Parliamentary Scrutiny.
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20 October, 2022
Campaign Pack to Stop the Data Grab Bill
This toolkit is designed to empower and equip you to take action as a campaigner.
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19 October, 2022
Analysis: The UK Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Open Rights Group analysis of the UK Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, as it was presented on 18 July 2022
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19 October, 2022
Stop the Data Discrimination Bill Leaflet
You can download and print this leaflet to use in campaigning against the Data Discrimination Bill.
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30 September, 2022
ORG response to the DCMS policy paper “Establishing a pro-innovation approach to regulating AI”
ORG response to the Government approach to regulating Artificial Intelligence
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Open Rights Group (ORG) is a UK-based digital campaigning organisation working to protect fundamental rights to privacy and free speech online.
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18 July, 2022
DATA THE WRONG DIRECTION
All the issues we expect to see in the UK Data Reform Bill
A summary of all the issue we expect to find in the upcoming UK Data Reform Bill
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14 July, 2022
Consultation response: Police extraction powers code
Open Rights Group’s Response to the Government consultation on the draft code of practice around powers for the extraction of information from electronic devices in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
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29 June, 2022
Submission to Parliament on Online Safety Bill
SUBMISSION TO PARLIAMENT Addressing automated, arbitrary, algorithmic censorship in the Online Safety BillJune 2022
Contents
About Open Rights Group 2
Addressing automated, arbitrary algorithmic censorship 2
Our concerns and recommendations 2
Summary 3
Automated censorship and arbitrary restrictions 4
Content moderation systems 5
Arbitrary restrictions 6
Why prevent has a special meaning (prior restraint) 9
Hands, face, age-gate 9
Ministerial powers to interfere with speech 10
Chat controls, to do lists and the spy in the your pocket 11
User Dis- Empowerment 13
Rights for online speech 13
Procedural safeguards and effective remedies 15
User experiences of restrictive content moderation measures 15
Procedural safeguards against arbitrary take-downs 16
About Open Rights Group
Open Rights Group (ORG) is the leading UK-based digital campaigning organisation.
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10 June, 2022
Open Letter to the DCMS – 10 June 2022
The Rt Hon Nadine Dorries MP,
Secretary of State,
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport,
10 June 2022
Dear Secretary of State,
During the last Queen’s Speech, the Government announced the introduction of a Data Reform Bill, which will replace the United Kingdom’s existing data protection laws.
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16 May, 2022
Homes for Ukraine scheme: Open letter to Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Home Office
The Open Rights Group and our coalition of frontline migrants’ rights groups, including Refugee Action has written to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Home Office to express our serious concerns regarding the data practices involved in the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.
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27 April, 2022
Online Safety Bill Second Reading briefing
ORG analysis and highlights concerning the Online Safety Bill and its adverse impact on human rights and the free internet
About Open Rights Group
Open Rights Group (ORG) is the leading UK-based digital campaigning organisation.
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06 April, 2022
Organisational Strategy Consultancy – Invitation to Tender
Staff Strategy and Planning Away Days / Workshop
Background and introduction
We’re looking to bring in an external organisational strategy consultant / facilitator to design, deliver and facilitate ORG’s first ‘in-person’ two-day workshop for a newly expanded staff team to ensure our ‘Strategic Priority Areas’ as defined by ‘The Strategy (2022-2025)’ are fully aligned with our ‘Strategic Objectives’ (goals) and a range of ‘outcomes’, ‘outputs’, ‘activities’, and ‘tasks’ across a range of our ‘programmes’, ‘projects’, and ‘campaigns’.
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04 April, 2022
ORG Representative actions under the UK GDPR
ORG Guide and lessons learnt report on our experience with representative actions under article 80(1) of the UK GDPR
1 Introduction
This report is about Open Rights Group (ORG) experience with representative actions under article 80(1) of the UK GDPR and Section 187 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA).
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08 March, 2022
ORG response to the MoJ Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights
We commented the Ministry of Justice proposals to reform the Human Rights Act 1998, focussing on the adverse consequences for the right to data protection.
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07 February, 2022
ORG – EDRi joint submission to the ICO Technology and Innovation Foresight call for views: Biometric Technologies
ORG – EDRi joint submission to the ICO on the issues surrounding the use of biometric data
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07 February, 2022
Experts challenge Govt’s anti-encryption campaign
Leading cybersecurity experts and human rights activists say scaremongering tactics being used to mislead the public and make bogus case for weakening encryption.
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03 January, 2022
ORG submission to the Information Commissioner’s Office
The use of age assurance
ORG response to the ICO consultation on methods of age assurance
Open Rights Group (ORG) is a UK-based digital campaigning organisation working to protect fundamental rights to privacy and free speech online.
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17 January, 2022
Parliamentary briefing note on proposed legislative amendments to the Immigration Exemption
Briefing to the Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
The Data Protection Act 2018 (Amendment of Schedule 2 Exemptions) Regulations 2022
The above statutory instrument is due to be considered by the Joint Committee.
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19 November, 2021
PCAG ORG consultation roundtable – Data: a new direction
Privacy and Consumer Advisory Group and Open Rights Group consultation roundtable on Data: a new direction
Data Reform Consultation Roundtable
Focussing on the Privacy and Digital Rights of Individuals
Convened by the Privacy and Consumer Advisory Group (PCAG)1 and the Open Rights Group2
Headline messages
Participants in this roundtable felt that the proposals typically saw data protection in terms of unnecessary burden on organisations (see 1.
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19 November, 2021
Open Rights Group Response to Data: a new direction
Open Rights Group submission to oppose DCMS plans to water down data protection in Data: a new direction
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On 10 September 2021, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) published “Data: a new direction”, a consultation about reforms to the UK data protection framework.
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07 October, 2021
ORG submission to the Information Commissioner’s Office – International Transfers Under the UK GDPR
Open Rights Group (ORG) is a UK-based digital campaigning organisation working to protect fundamental rights to privacy and free speech online.
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01 October, 2021
ORG submission to the DCMS — Plan for Digital Regulation
ORG answer to the DCMS consultation on the Government Plan for Digital Regulation
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23 July, 2021
RESPONSE TO HOME OFFICE LEGISLATION TO COUNTER STATE THREATS CONSULTATION
Open Rights Group (ORG) is a UK-based digital campaigning organisation working to protect fundamental rights to privacy and free speech online.
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09 July, 2021
Submission to the Competition and Markets Authority re: Google Privacy Sandbox
Open Rights Group submission to the Competition and Markets Authority “Notice of intention to accept binding commitments offered by Google in relation to its Privacy Sandbox Proposals” 9 July 2021
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
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15 June, 2021
Computer Misuse Act 1990: Open Rights Group submission to the Home Office
ORG answer to the Home Office call for information regarding the Computer Misuse Act 1990
Computer Misuse Act 1990: call for information
Open Rights Group submission to the Home Office
Context
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02 June, 2021
ORG Response to the consultation on the National Fraud Initiative Data Matching Powers proposals
This response is to the Cabinet Office’s National Fraud Initiative (NFI) Data Matching Powers consultation proposals.
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01 June, 2021
ePrivacy Regulation and privacy automation
An Open Letter from 34 civil society organisations, asking for the introduction of automated privacy signals
Dear Member of the European Parliament,
A nuisance is troubling the internet and the digital life of Europeans: the consent or ‘cookie’ banner.
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16 May, 2021
Response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into Freedom of Expression
This inquiry focuses on freedom of expression as an essential foundation of democratic society, guaranteed by the common law and by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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21 April, 2021
Briefing on the National Fraud Initiative Data Matching Powers consultation proposals
This briefing summarises our main concerns with the Cabinet Office’s National Fraud Initiative Data Matching Powers consultation proposals.
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14 April, 2021
Adtech Open Letter to the European Parliament
The Open Rights Group has teamed up with 30 human & digital rights organisations to ask Members of the European Parliament to ban unlawful tracking & surveillance in online advertising.
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14 April, 2021
ePrivacy Regulation – an open letter from 30 civil society organisations
Our letter to the European Parliament asking them to stand up against online tracking
Dear Members of the European Parliament,
The undersigned organisations urge the European Parliament to ensure a high level of protection of privacy and confidentiality in the upcoming ePrivacy Regulation and to address the weakness in the current Council position during trilogue negotiations.
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29 March, 2021
Open Rights Group Response to the Cabinet Office “COVID-Status Certification Review – Call for evidence”
Our response to Government plans to introduce vaccine passports
Table of Contents
Question 1
Question 2
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11 March, 2021
Joint letter to National Fraud Initiative re: Consultation extension
Joint letter to Head of National Fraud Initiative (NFI) Team requesting that deadline for NFI Data Matching Powers consultation be extended until May 2021.
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08 March, 2021
DATA FLOWS AND TRADE AGREEMENTS
Briefing to Department for International Trade
1 Risks to adequacy systems and data protection in UK-Japan and CPTPP
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02 March, 2021
The UK’s Immigration Exemption in the Data Protection Act 2018 and data adequacy
A submission to the European Commission and the European Data Protection Board on the operation of the UK’s operation Immigration Exemption in the Data Protection Act 2018 and its effect on standards of data protection in the United Kingdom
This submission to the European Commission and European Data Protection Board seeks to assist your respective duties in relation to the assessment of the United Kingdom to determine whether it provides adequate protection under Article 45 of the General Data Protection Regulation.
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25 January, 2021
ICO enforcement overview – supporting data
Overview of ICO enforcement action, based on their transparency information
In this overview, we took stock of ICO enforcement and penalty notices that were released following the entry into force of the GDPR (2018).
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15 January, 2021
Response to the Lords Communications Committee enquiry into freedom of expression online
Open Rights Group are grateful for the opportunity to provide our input to the Lords Communications Committee enquiry into freedom of expression online.
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12 January, 2021
Open Rights Group: Response to the Law Commission Reform of the Communications Offences
Joint submission of the Open Rights Group and Preiskel & Co LLP
Harmful Online CommunicationsJoint submission of the Open Rights Group and Preiskel & Co LLP
This is a short joint submission to the Law Commission’s Harmful Online Offences consultation.
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11 January, 2021
Open Rights Group: Response to the Consultation on the Digital Strategy for Scotland
Open Rights Group welcomes the publication of the discussion document, and is grateful for the Scottish Government’s continuing engagement with us as the strategy has developed.
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10 December, 2020
Open Letter: Impact of the National Data Strategy on migrants and refugees
Open letter to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports on the impact of the National Data Strategy on migrants and refugees.
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09 December, 2020
Open Rights Group: Consultation response to the National Data Strategy
Open Rights Group are grateful for the opportunity to provide our input on the National Data Strategy consultation.
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02 December, 2020
Japan Trade deal letter from MPs
Dear Minister Liz Truss,
We are writing as a cross-party group of MPs who are deeply concerned by the lack of time, information and analysis available given to us and Parliament to consider the impact of the digital trade clauses in the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
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02 December, 2020
Immigration, Data and Technology: Needs and Capacities of the Immigration Sector
This report is based on the findings of a survey launched earlier this year with Privacy International to identify the needs and capacities of migrants’ rights organisations to respond to data, privacy and the use of new technologies.
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16 November, 2020
Consumer and Digital Rights Groups Call on the International Joint Initiative on E-Commerce to Safeguard Data Protection and Privacy
Since January 2019, more than 80 countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have been negotiating a new rule book for digital trade.
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06 November, 2020
Briefing: how the UK-Japan trade deal severs post-Brexit data adequacy
WHAT THE UK-JAPAN TRADE DEAL MEANS FOR DIGITAL RIGHTS
5 November 2020 Javier Ruiz
INTRODUCTION
The UK has just signed its first new free trade agreement independently from the EU, with Japan.
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23 October, 2020
Response to DCMS call for views and evidence Section 189 Data Protection Act 2018
Response to Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Call for views and evidence – Review of Representative Action Provisions, Section 189 Data Protection Act 2018
22 October 2020
Open Rights Group would like to thank the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport for the opportunity to respond to the consultation on representative action provisions in the Data Protection Act 2018.
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09 September, 2020
Open Rights Group response to LEDS Code of Practice consultation
Response to the Law Enforcement Data Service Code of Practice consultation from the Royal College of Policing
Thinking about the proposed layout, structure and language used for the Code and guidance document, do you feel it is clear and understandable?
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01 September, 2020
Annual Report 2019
Open Rights
Report and Accounts 31 October 2019
About ORG
Open Rights Group (ORG) is a UK based digital campaigning organisation working to protect fundamental rights to privacy and free speech online.
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31 July, 2020
Test and Trace briefing for JCHR
Our take on Government failing to tun Test and Trace in compliance with the law.
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01 June, 2020
Response to the JCHR draft Digital Contact Tracing (Data Protection) Bill
We wrote to the JCHR to support and strenghten legal safeguards for digital contact tracing.
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30 June, 2020
Response to the “Science of Covid” consultation of the Lords’ Science and Technology Committee
We highlighted the role of data protection in ensuring an effective Government response to pandemics.
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15 July, 2020
Response to the call for evidence on the “Impact of Covid-19 on DCMS sectors”
We asked the DCMS Committee to hold the ICO accountable for their failure to enforce the law during the Coronavirus crisis.
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04 August, 2020
Data and Democracy
Democratic Innovations: Polis and the political process
Open Rights Group and Demos yesterday published an exciting new report that provides insight on public attitudes towards data driven campaigning.
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23 June, 2020
Data and Democracy
Who Do They Think We Are?
Political Parties, Political Profiling, and The Law.
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28 May, 2020
Open letter: NHSX App Safeguards For Marginalised Groups
Open letter to the UK government on the NHSX app safeguards for marginalised groups.
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29 April, 2020
ORG Response to the DCMS Call for Evidence on Online Advertising
We made the case for reform of the adtech industry to the DCMS.
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29 April, 2020
ORG Response to the European Commission Review of the GDPR
We suggested changes to the mechanism which governs cross-border complaints to the European Commission, based on our experience with adtech complaints.
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07 April, 2020
COVID-19 and personal data: April briefing
This briefing provides an overview of Open Rights Group’s concerns about the Government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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02 April, 2020
Joint civil society statement: States use of digital surveillance technologies to fight pandemic must respect human rights
2 April 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global public health emergency that requires a coordinated and large-scale response by governments worldwide.
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26 March, 2020
Joint Letter to PM and SoS for International Trade on US talks and Covid-19 epidemic
Dear Prime Minister and Secretary of State for International Trade,
The United States Trade Representative announced on 23 March 2020 that “both the United States and the United Kingdom are committed to starting trade negotiations as soon as possible”, and the UK government has similarly signaled its desire to begin and conclude negotiations soon.
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25 February, 2020
ICO consultation on Right of Access Guidance
Open Rights Group (ORG) is a UK-based digital campaigning organisation working to protect fundamental rights to privacy and free speech online.
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28 January, 2020
Data Protection Day letter to Members of Parliament
Dear Members of Parliament,
Save Data Protection
Today, Tuesday 28 January 2020 is Data Protection Day.
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