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Open Rights Group | 4,686 followers on LinkedIn. Fighting for your rights in the digital age. | We fight for digital rights. Join us.
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Home | Open Rights Group
Open Rights Group is the UK’s largest grassroots digital rights campaigning organisation, working to protect everyone’s rights to privacy and free speech...
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Who We Are | Open Rights Group
Founded in 2005, Open Rights Group (ORG) is a UK-based digital rights organisation that campaigns to protect our rights to privacy and free speech online.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/save-encryption/
Save Encryption | Open Rights Group
Message scanning breaks end-to-end encryption, which puts everyone’s privacy and security at risk.
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Make a one-off donation | Open Rights Group
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Free expression online | Open Rights Group
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Dr Monica Horten | Open Rights Group
Dr Monica Horten was the Policy Manager for Freedom of Expression at the Open Rights Group, leading on the Online Safety Bill. She is a published author and...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/newsletter-immigration-data-and-technology-2/
Newsletter: Immigration, Data and Technology | Open Rights Group
Welcome to the May edition of Immigration, Data and Technology!
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Open Rights Group – ORG supporter and contact management
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Anna Fielder | Open Rights Group
Anna is a long-standing privacy and consumer advocate, having originally trained as a classics scholar and spending a stint as a travel reporter and editor,...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/drip-heroes/
#DRIP heroes, round one | Open Rights Group
#DRIP HEROES For a list of everyone who voted against the bill, a smaller list, see Hansard.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/what-we-do/
Campaigns | Open Rights Group
We campaign for privacy, digital justice and freedom of expression online.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/devote-your-day-to-democracy-2-london-elections/
Devote Your Day to Democracy #2: London elections | Open Rights Group
Update: The ORG Electionwatch08 pledge has succeeded in record time!
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2011/
2011 | Open Rights Group
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Melanie Dymond Harper | Open Rights Group
Melanie Dymond Harper has been a member and supporter of ORG since its conception. She has run her own Internet consultancy company since 1995, with a focus on...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/advisory-council-nominees-needed/
Advisory Council Nominees needed | Open Rights Group
Open Rights Group is looking for around 10 new members of our Advisory Council in 2024, to help advise us on policy at a time of major change.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/anti-harassment-policy/
Anti-Harassment Policy | Open Rights Group
Open Rights Group is dedicated to creating an environment where people with an interest in digital rights can come together, learn from each other, and...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/data-trust-will-migrants-use-the-nhs-app/
Data & Trust: Will migrants use the NHS app? | Open Rights Group
A fortnight ago, the NHSX Covid-19 App was launched across England and Wales following the many concerns raised by civil society and privacy advocates...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/jobs/
Jobs | Open Rights Group
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/legal-challenge-of-the-immigration-exemption/
Legal challenge of the Immigration Exemption | Open Rights Group
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...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-uk-data-protection-reforms-from-an-eu-perspective/
Data Grab Bill from an EU perspective | Open Rights Group
A delegation from the European Parliament visited London and left with some rather scathing opinions about the UK data protection reform, but UK Ministers have...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/briefing-data-use-and-access-bill-hl/
Briefing: Data Use and Access Bill | Open Rights Group
Executive Summary The new Data (Use and Access) Bill drops several concerning aspects of the previous Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/democracy-and-covid-19/
Democracy and Covid-19 | Open Rights Group
The Covid 19 epidemic has disrupted our economic and social life unlike anything seen in peacetime.
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Identity | Open Rights Group
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/complain-about-mobile-overblocking/
How to complain about mobile filtering over-blocking | Open Rights Group
Yesterday we had a very helpful meeting with the BBFC.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/category/surveillance
Mass Surveillance | Open Rights Group
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ORG Patrons | Open Rights Group
ORG patrons help to promote ORG, amplify our campaigns and inspire people to join our community.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/come-to-brussels-and-demand-sound-copyright/
Come to Brussels and demand sound copyright | Open Rights Group
The European Parliament is set to vote on whether to double the term of copyright in sound recordings in early 2009.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/demand-uk-digital-sovereignty/
Demand UK Digital Sovereignty | Open Rights Group
Digital sovereignty means that a country has control over its critical tech, national infrastructure and digital policy making.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/joint-letter-to-the-home-secretary/
Joint letter to the Home Secretary | Open Rights Group
Today a group of leading human rights and civil liberties groups, including Open Rights Group, have written to the Home Secretary, Rt Hon Theresa May MP.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/org-annual-report-2022/
ORG Annual Report 2022 | Open Rights Group
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/may-2007-e-voting-pilots-announced/
May 2007 e-Voting Pilots Announced | Open Rights Group
Finally, two months behind schedule, the Government has announced which local authorities will be running e-voting pilots.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/bad-news-in-leaked-eu-copyright-directive/
Bad news in leaked EU Copyright Directive | Open Rights Group
Several documents have been leaked from the European Commission providing a clear picture of the proposed reforms to copyright that will be presented later in...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/joint-letter-to-the-foreign-secretary/
Joint letter to the Foreign Secretary | Open Rights Group
To coincide with the start of the London Conference on Cyberspace, eleven organisations and experts on freedom of expression and privacy online have today...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/how-gdpr-stops-discrimination-and-protects-equalities/
How GDPR stops discrimination and protects equalities | Open Rights Group
Workers and Trade Unions Government plans would grant greater freedom for employers to collect and use personal data, providing those with unprecedented...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/org-glasgow-democracy-in-peril/
ORG Glasgow: Democracy in Peril | Open Rights Group
Adam Ramsay, co-editor of OpenDemocracy UK, discusses his investigations into the dark world of the offshore far right and their war on democracy.
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Credits | Open Rights Group
Open Rights Group reserves all rights to our logos.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/o2-bans-church-this-christmas/
O2 bans church this Christmas | Open Rights Group
For the last four months, and despite repeated complaints, O2 has blocked the website of a Sheffield church, claiming it features adult content.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/org-norwich-june-meetup/
ORG Norwich June meetup | Open Rights Group
Join ORG Norwich online on Monday 15 June to discuss the privacy impacts of the NHSX tracker app and the role of American analytics company Palantir in the...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/how-to-stop-stalker-ads/
How to Stop Stalker Ads | Open Rights Group
Steps to protect your data from the adtech industry Choose a privacy enhancing browser Uninstall Google Chrome.
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News | Open Rights Group
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/government-powers-overdrawn/
Government powers overdrawn | Open Rights Group
Whether you are a pensioner or a parent, unemployed or living with a disability, you may be one of the millions of people who receive benefits from the State.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/org-policy-responses-to-online-harms-white-paper/
ORG policy responses to Online Harms White Paper | Open Rights Group
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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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/briefing-on-data-protection-and-digital-information-bill/
Briefing on Data Protection and Digital Information Bill | Open Rights Group
The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill gives the State and companies more access to our data with fewer limitations.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-briefing-warns-against-restricting-vpns/
New briefing warns against restricting VPNs | Open Rights Group
Open Rights Group has warned that restricting the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) is technically unworkable and a threat to privacy, cybersecurity, and...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/org-response-to-cyber-security-bill/
ORG response to Cyber Security Bill | Open Rights Group
Digital rights campaigners, Open Rights Group (ORG) have responded to the publication of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/good-practice-in-behavioural-advertising/
Good practice in behavioural advertising? | Open Rights Group
The Internet Advertising Bureau, a digital marketing trade body, have launched Good Practice Principles for companies that collect and use data for online...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press/
Press | Open Rights Group
For press enquiries Monday-Thursday, contact press@openrightsgroup.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/where-everybody-knows-your-name-pubs-and-data-collection/
Where everybody knows your name: pubs and data | Open Rights Group
The UK Government has announced that pubs can reopen on 4 July, and in the process asked them to start collecting the personal data of their customers to...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/online-safety-bill-will-not-tackle-monopoly-abuse/
Online Safety Bill will not tackle monopoly abuse | Open Rights Group
As Parliament makes its recommendations on the Online Safety Bill, trying to fix the problems of accountability it brings, while perhaps adding new...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/censorship/
censorship | Open Rights Group
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/mass-surveillance-oversight-debate/
Mass surveillance oversight debate | Open Rights Group
Download PDF version Civil Society Concerns about UK Surveillance Secret mass surveillance is a threat to democracy and the rule of law.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/response-to-the-dfe-national-pupil-database-consultation/
Response to the DfE National Pupil Database consultation | Open Rights Group
Context In late 2012 the Department for Education launched a consultation looking at who is able to access and use the information held in the National Pupil...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/court-rules-uk-mass-surveillance-programme-unlawful/
Court Rules UK Mass Surveillance Programme Unlawful | Open Rights Group
In 2013, following Edward Snowden’s disclosure of information about major national mass surveillance programmes, the Open Rights Group teamed up with Privacy...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/who-we-are/org-cambridge/
ORG Cambridge | Open Rights Group
ORG Cambridge is a place for locals concerned about UK digital rights to connect and organise.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/response-to-iab-statement/
Response to IAB statement | Open Rights Group
IAB: We have taken note of media reports regarding an update to complaints made by ad-blocking browser developer Brave and Polish activist group Panoptykon...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/campaigning-at-lib-dem-conference-in-brighton/
Campaigning at Lib Dem conference in Brighton | Open Rights Group
The Liberal Democrats are meeting for their annual conference from 14-17th September.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/fighting-data-retention/
Fighting data retention | Open Rights Group
Word coming out of the EU Parliament is not good for data retention.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/consultation-on-penalties-for-breaching-the-dpa/
Consultation on penalties for breaching the DPA | Open Rights Group
Baroness Ashton has published a consultation paper on proposed custodial penalties for breaches of Section 55 of the Data Protection Act 1998, which deals with...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/caspar-bowden/
Caspar Bowden | Open Rights Group
Among his contributions to ORG were a series of lectures he gave prior to the PRISM revelations, where he pointed out the gaping holes in US legislation that...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/wikileaks/
Wikileaks: stand up for free speech | Open Rights Group
Wikileaks are, in our view, are being used to attack free speech.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/open-rights-group-response-to-data-a-new-direction/
Open Rights Group Response to Data: a new direction | Open Rights Group
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...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/norwich-screening-of-phantom-parrot/
Norwich screening of Phantom Parrot | Open Rights Group
ORG is teaming up with the filmmakers of the documentary film Phantom Parrot.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/label-bosses-warn-debate-could-cost-the-disconnection/
Label bosses warn debate could cost them disconnection | Open Rights Group
A leaked memo from label lobbyists shows they expect Parliament to pass their plans for draconian disconnection punishments without debate.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/snowden-revelations-ten-years-on/
Snowden Revelations: Ten Years On | Open Rights Group
Ten years ago, the first revelations about US mass surveillance were published in the UK and USA.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/open-rights-group-dismayed-by-ministry-of-justice-response-on-e-voting/
Open Rights Group dismayed by Ministry of Justice response on e-voting | Open Rights Group
In the May 2007 local elections Open Rights Group observers, accredited by the Electoral Commission, took part in the monitoring of pilot electronic voting and...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/privacy-policy/
Privacy and Cookie Policy | Open Rights Group
Introduction Open Rights Group campaigns for and strongly believes that you have the right to control the use of your personal information, and that your...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/racists-must-be-prosecuted-not-moderated/
Racists must be prosecuted, not moderated | Open Rights Group
The wave of racist comments on social media that has followed the England football defeat is reprehensible: but so is the fiction that this problem must be...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/important-opinion-about-data-retention-due-tomorrow/
Important opinion about data retention due tomorrow | Open Rights Group
Update: The opinion has now been published, with the Advocate General arguing that the Directive breaches the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/supporters-council-meeting-online-safety-bill-campaign/
Supporters Council Meeting-Online Safety Bill Campaign | Open Rights Group
The Online Safety Bill is continuing its progress through Parliament.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/analysis-of-the-draft-uk-adequacy-decision/
ANALYSIS OF THE DRAFT UK ADEQUACY DECISION | Open Rights Group
ORG analaysis of the draft adequacy decision, pdf version 0.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/stop-the-data-discrimination-bill-leaflet/
Stop the Data Discrimination Bill Leaflet | Open Rights Group
You can download and print this leaflet to use in campaigning against the Data Discrimination Bill.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/privacy-and-brexit/
Privacy and Brexit | Open Rights Group
Privacy and Brexit Issue The right to privacy has become a key part of all our lives.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/introducing-sara-alsherif/
Introducing Sara Alsherif | Open Rights Group
Hello everyone, My name is Sara Alsherif, and I am excited to introduce myself as the new Programme Manager for the Migrant Digital Justice Programme.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/south-warwickshire-clinicians-sharing-smart-cards/
South Warwickshire clinicians sharing smart cards | Open Rights Group
Last week, news emerged that the board of South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust is allowing clinicians in their Accident and Emergency department to...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/james_boyle_interview/
ORGCon: James Boyle Interview | Open Rights Group
James Boyle is the William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law at Duke University, North Carolina.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/tech-savvy-mps-come-out-against-drm/
Tech-Savvy MPs Come Out Against DRM | Open Rights Group
The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group today launched the report of their inquiry into Digital Rights Management.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/covid-apps-success-failure-uk-ireland/
COVID Apps: Success or failure in UK & Ireland | Open Rights Group
Friday 02 October 4pm BST Six months after the lockdown, a variety of Covid-19 proximity tracker apps have been deployed across Ireland, Northern Ireland,...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/response-to-digital-economy-bill/
Open Rights Group response to Digital Economy Bill | Open Rights Group
The Bill includes welcome proposals that mean UK homes and businesses have a right to access Broadband.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/safety-not-surveillance/
Safety Not Surveillance | Open Rights Group
Safety Not Surveillance is a coalition of grassroots and civil society organisations working at the intersections of racial justice, migrant justice, criminal...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/uk-government-announces-right-to-data-legislation/
UK government announces Right to Data legislation | Open Rights Group
Today is an important day for the new transparency agenda as the Cabinet Office website publishes the business plans for all departments.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/foi-shows-extent-of-prevent-data-sharing/
FOI request reveals extent of Prevent data sharing | Open Rights Group
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,...
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Welcome to Open Rights Group | Open Rights Group
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-case-for-encryption/
The Case for Encryption | Open Rights Group
Spying on private messages has long been on the security services’ wish list.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/say-no-to-digital-id/
Say No to Digital ID | Open Rights Group
Digital ID cards could create a digital surveillance infrastructure that will change everyone’s daily lives.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/computer-misuse-act-1990-open-rights-group-submission-to-the-home-office/
Computer Misuse Act 1990: Open Rights Group submission to the Home Office | Open Rights Group
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...
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/who-we-are/org-manchester/
ORG Manchester | Open Rights Group
ORG Manchester is a place for local supporters concerned about UK digital rights to connect and organise.
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/uk-government-threatened-by-eu-over-phorm/
UK government threatened by EU over Phorm | Open Rights Group
Complaints by the Open Rights Group and others last year to the European Union Commission about Phorm, the technology that looks inside web traffic to profile...
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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/eff-open-rights-group-big-brother-watch-and-index-censorship-call-uk-government
EFF, Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch, and Index on Censorship Call on UK Government to Reform...
Mar 30, 2026 - Ahead of today's Parliamentary petition debate on the Online Safety Act, EFF joined Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch, and Index on Censorship in sending a...