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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-data-discrimination-bill-attacks-our-data-protection-rights/ The Data Grab Bill attacks our data rights | Open Rights Group ORG sent an urgent open letter to Michelle Donelan MP, the Secretary of State for the new Department of Science, Innovation and Technology. data grab billrights open groupattacks https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-cptpp-trading-away-your-privacy-rights/ The CPTPP: trading away your privacy rights | Open Rights Group The Government have recently announced the UK accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). rights open groupcptpptradingawayprivacy https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/what-sunaks-speech-means-for-digital-rights/ What Sunak’s speech means for digital rights | Open Rights Group On Friday 1 March 2024, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made a statement about extremism outside Downing Street. rights open groupspeechmeansdigital 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. phantom parrot openrights groupnorwichscreening https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/after-the-storm-a-post-election-analysis-of-uk-us-digital-trade/ A post-election analysis of UK-US digital trade | Open Rights Group Friday 04 December 2020 16:00 GMT If you missed it, watch the recording on Youtube! open rights grouppost electionuk usdigital tradeanalysis https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/demand-privacy-protections-for-test-trace/ Demand privacy protections for Test & Trace | Open Rights Group The Government’s Test and Trace Programme risks the privacy rights of hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of individuals in the UK whose personal data has... open rights groupprivacy protectionsdemandtesttrace https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-online-safety-bill-punishing-victims/ The Online Safety Bill: punishing victims | Open Rights Group The government has today announced two new regressive and unworkable additions to the Online Safety Bill. online safety billopen rights grouppunishingvictims 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... data grab billopen rights groupeuperspective https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/mastodon-tutorial-for-ngos-non-profits-campaigners-and-politicians/ Mastodon tutorial for NGOs, non-profits, campaigners and politicians | Open Rights Group open rights groupnon profitsmastodontutorialngos https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/broken-e-visa-scheme-could-lead-to-digital-windrush-scandal/ Broken e-Visa scheme could lead to digital Windrush scandal | Open Rights Group 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... e visa schemewindrush scandal opencould leadrights groupbroken https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/data-bill-first-they-came-for-trans-people/ Data Bill: First They Came for Trans People | Open Rights Group On May 12, the Data (Use and Access) Bill, also known as the UK data protection reform, came back to the House of Lords for what was supposed to be its final... open rights groupdata billtrans peoplefirstcame https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/putting-pride-in-privacy/ Putting Pride In Privacy | Open Rights Group Coming out is the definitive queer right of passage. privacy open rightsputtingpridegroup https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/disbanding-windrush-unit-undermines-trust-in-home-office/ Disbanding Windrush unit further undermines trust in Home Office | Open Rights Group 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... open rights groupundermines trustdisbandingwindrushunit https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/org-norwich-the-problem-with-online-ads/ ORG Norwich: The problem with online ads | Open Rights Group Join ORG Norwich on Wednesday 31 March for a discussion of ORG’s work to end illegal advertising. open rights grouponline adsnorwichproblem https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/echrs-judgment-on-uk-govts-mass-surveillance-program/ ECHR’s Judgment on UK Govt’s Mass Surveillance Program | Open Rights Group Responding to the Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on the UK’s RIPA regime for bulk surveillance, Jim Killock, the Executive Director of... open rights groupmass surveillancejudgmentukprogram https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/tech Open Rights Group Mastodon server of Open Rights Group. Follow @openrightsgroup open rights group https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/police-to-get-more-data-powers-despite-sarah-everard-records-breach/ Police to get more data powers despite Sarah Everard records breach | Open Rights Group The Data use and Access (DUA) Bill will have its second reading in the House of Lords today. open rights groupdata powerssarah everardrecords breachpolice https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/uk-data-bridge-a-global-privacy-race-to-the-bottom/ UK DATA BRIDGE: A GLOBAL PRIVACY RACE TO THE BOTTOM | Open Rights Group On October 12, the UK extension (Data Bridge) to the EU–US Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework (DPF) will come into force. open rights groupuk dataglobal privacybridgerace https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/announcing-the-department-of-dirty/ Announcing the Department of Dirty | Open Rights Group With a professional comedy video highlighting what happens when you just want to look for classic Spotted Dick, we raised awareness of the problems caused by... open rights groupannouncingdepartmentdirty https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/can-our-new-prime-minister-be-trusted-with-free-speech-and-privacy/ Can our new Prime Minister be trusted with free speech and privacy? | Open Rights Group As Liz Truss flies to Balmoral tomorrow to meet the Queen, who will ask her to form a government, what can we expect for our free speech and privacy rights? new prime ministerprivacy open rightsfree speechtrustedgroup https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/online-safety-made-dangerous/ Online Safety made dangerous | Open Rights Group From the government press release, and without seeing the text of the Bill, there are already things we can say about the Online Safety Bill. open rights grouponline safetymadedangerous https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/70-organisations-and-experts-demand-action-over-failing-ico/ 70+ organisations and experts demand action over failing ICO | Open Rights Group Over 70 civil society organisations, academics and data protection experts have urged the Chair of the Select Committee for Science Information and Technology... open rights group70 organisationsexperts demandactionfailing 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... open rights groupnewbriefingwarnsrestricting https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/briefing-vpns-and-the-online-safety-act/ Briefing: VPNs and the Online Safety Act | Open Rights Group Briefing on the public’s use of VPN technology. online safety actopen rights groupbriefingvpns 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. open rights groupten yearssnowdenrevelations https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-ico-must-toughen-up/ The ICO Must Toughen Up | Open Rights Group As the House of Lords finally begins scrutiny of the UK data protection reform, Open Rights Group urges peers to support amendments that would strengthen the... open rights groupicomusttoughen https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/donelan-and-the-rise-of-government-censorship/ Donelan and the rise of government censorship | Open Rights Group There are calls for the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Michelle Donelan to resign after she falsely accused two academics of... open rights groupgovernment censorshipdonelanrise 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. open rights groupdata discriminationstopbillleaflet https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-case-against-police-body-worn-video-cameras/ The case against police body-worn video cameras | Open Rights Group A new investigation by the BBC has revealed a shocking incident in which Thames Valley Police officers made “sickening” comments about a woman, filmed... police body wornopen rights groupvideo camerascase https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/org-annual-report-2022/ ORG Annual Report 2022 | Open Rights Group annual report 2022open rights group https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/26-civil-society-groups-call-on-government-to-scrap-data-protection-and-digital-information-dpdi-bill/ 26 civil society groups call on government to stop the Data Grab Bill | Open Rights Group 26 civil society organisations have written to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Michelle Donelan MP, calling for the Data... civil society groupsdata grab billopen rights26call https://www.openrightsgroup.org/who-we-are/org-birmingham/ ORG Birmingham | Open Rights Group ORG Birmingham is a place for local supporters concerned about UK digital rights to connect and organise. open rights groupbirmingham https://www.flickr.com/photos/openrightsgroup/9257058412/in/photolist-aAwTqH-uRoGy8-uyNzGG-7NfhXH-7Nfi1M-bGa81P-f71QXo-eXw8JS-6fVonG-ySaaBp-zP1V82-zMVRgC-zLHDCb-zPVZ7V-zwpivw-zwpdBo-zwvcfT-zLJrW3-zPWBca-zwwT5a-zwqoof-zwvFrc-eXjJQP-ebtwX8-ebtx7x-ebtw6Z-goLJ3k-eXjJHZ-eXw8r5-eXw8E9-ebzahG-gDHsHk-21xmWrY-21xmWjd-21AczRt-danJAs Jim Killock | Open Rights Group | Flickr open rights groupjimflickr 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. bill open rightsdata usebriefingaccessgroup https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/dua-bill-amendments-hoc-report-stage-org-statements-of-support-and-rationale/ DUA BILL AMENDMENTS HoC report stage: ORG STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT AND RATIONALE | Open Rights Group ORG statements of support for amendments to the DUA Bill tabled in the House of Commons at Report Stage ICO Complaints procedure for vulnerable individuals –... open rights groupbill amendmentsduahocreport https://www.openrightsgroup.org/who-we-are/org-oxford/ ORG Oxford | Open Rights Group ORG Oxford is a place for local supporters concerned about UK digital rights to connect and organise. open rights groupoxford https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/online-safety-bill-spy-clause-could-force-signal-to-pull-services-from-uk/ Online Safety Bill: Spy clause could force Signal to pull services from UK | Open Rights Group 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... online safety billuk open rightscould forcespyclause https://www.openrightsgroup.org/what-we-do/ Campaigns | Open Rights Group We campaign for privacy, digital justice and freedom of expression online. open rights groupcampaigns https://www.openrightsgroup.org/category/online-privacy Digital Privacy | Open Rights Group privacy open rightsdigitalgroup https://www.openrightsgroup.org/category/surveillance Mass Surveillance | Open Rights Group surveillance open rightsmassgroup https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/winning-the-right-to-parody/ Winning the right to parody | Open Rights Group July 2014 Reform of outdated copyright laws has been a major campaign focus for ORG from day one. open rights groupwinningparody https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/could-public-debate-on-immigration-be-suppressed-by-the-online-safety-bill/ Could debate on immigration be suppressed? | Open Rights Group A little bombshell, hidden deep within the gargantuan piece of legislation that is the Online Safety Bill, could have the effect of suppressing public debate... open rights groupcoulddebateimmigrationsuppressed https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/org-annual-report-2021/ ORG Annual Report 2021 | Open Rights Group annual report 2021open rights group https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/online-safety-act-comes-for-livestreaming/ The Online Safety Act is Coming for Livestreaming | Open Rights Group Ofcom has launched a blandly titled consultation on “Additional Safety Measures” designed to implement the next round of duties within the Online Safety Act... online safety actopen rights groupcominglivestreaming https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@openrightsgroup Open Rights Group (@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org) - Open Rights Group 2.28K Posts, 1.14K Following, 10.9K Followers · We fight for digital rights (UK). Join us. #privacy #freespeech #surveillance #censorship #dataprotection open rights groupopenrightsgroupsocial https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/uk-data-reforms-org-meeting-with-members-of-eu-parliament/ Data Grab Bill: ORG meets EU Parliament | Open Rights Group The UK data reform is gaining international attention: Members of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) of the European Parliament... data grab billopen rights groupeu parliamentmeets https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/org-representative-actions-under-the-uk-gdpr/ ORG Representative actions under the UK GDPR | Open Rights Group 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... gdpr open rightsrepresentativeactionsukgroup https://www.flickr.com/photos/openrightsgroup/50161829678/in/dateposted-public/ ORGCon 2019 2 | Open Rights Group | Flickr open rights grouporgcon 2019flickr https://www.openrightsgroup.org/become-a-corporate-supporter/ Become a corporate supporter | Open Rights Group ORG offers corporate membership to organisations that care about protecting digital rights and keeping the Internet open and free. open rights groupcorporate supporterbecome https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/meta-fails-to-respect-data-rights-with-consent-and-pay-scheme/ Meta fails to respect data rights with consent or pay scheme | Open Rights Group Meta has announced that it will offer customers in the UK a new subscription service which will enable them to access the company’s services without receiving... data rightsscheme openmetafailsrespect https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/who-do-they-think-you-are/ Who do they think you are? | Open Rights Group Political parties are profiling voters across the UK, using personal data purchased from the same people who give you a credit score to try and guess... open rights groupthink https://www.mythic-beasts.com/blog/2025/02/25/supporting-the-open-rights-group/ Supporting the Open Rights Group - Mythic Beasts open rights groupmythic beastssupporting https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/rights-groups-to-take-government-to-court-over-shocking-immigration-exemption/ Rights groups to take Government to court over shocking immigration exemption | Open Rights Group This exemption will affect everyone involved in an immigration case, for example: those seeking refuge in the UK, those affected by the Windrush scandal, the... immigration exemption openrights groupstakegovernmentcourt https://www.openrightsgroup.org/third-party-services/ Third party services | Open Rights Group We use: Circle Interactive (hosting of our CiviCRM CRM system) MoreOnion (campaign communications management) Access Group (edirectdebit service) Cleverreach... third party servicesopen rights group https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/cookie-consent-review-exposes-weaknesses-in-uk-data-protection-reform/ Cookie Consent Review Exposes Weaknesses in UK Data Protection Reform | Open Rights Group The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) consulted on a new enforcement approach to regulating advertising. cookie consent reviewuk data protectionopen rights groupexposes weaknessesreform https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/13-year-olds-could-be-compelled-to-use-unregulated-age-verification/ 13 year olds could be compelled to use unregulated age verification | Open Rights Group Last minute amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will have huge implications for freedom of expression and privacy in the UK, Open Rights... 13 year oldsage verification openrights groupcouldcompelled https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/challenging-the-digital-economy-act/ Challenging the Digital Economy Act | Open Rights Group From 2010 – 2011 we fought against a law which proposed disconnecting whole households from the Internet on the basis of allegations of copyright infringement. digital economy actopen rights groupchallenging https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/bt-filters-reply/ BT answers our questions about parental controls | Open Rights Group Today BT launched their new Parental Controls service, the latest ISP to roll out network level filters following the Government’s push this summer. open rights groupparental controlsbtanswersquestions https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/digital-sovereignty-briefing-on-the-cybersecurity-bill/ Digital Sovereignty Briefing on the Cybersecurity Bill | Open Rights Group Raising Digital Sovereignty concerns The Cybersecurity and Resilience Bill’s second reading is scheduled for 6 January. bill open rightsdigital sovereigntybriefingcybersecuritygroup https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/government-admits-spy-clause-cant-be-used-safely/ Government admits Spy Clause can’t be used safely | Open Rights Group 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... open rights groupgovernment admitsspyclauseused https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/does-the-government-want-to-break-encryption-or-not/ Does the government want to break encryption or not? | Open Rights Group The government opens up by stating: This Government recognises the importance of encryption, which helps keep people’s personal data and intellectual property... open rights groupbreak encryptiongovernmentwant https://action.openrightsgroup.org/make-our-voice-heard-apple%E2%80%99s-encryption-hearing Make our voice heard at Apple’s encryption hearing | Open Rights Group What's at stake? Your photos of your kids. Your bank statements. Your payslips. Your CV. Should you be able to store these important items safely and securely... open rights groupvoice heardmakeencryptionhearing https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/oxford-screening-of-phantom-parrot-screening/ Oxford Screening of Phantom Parrot Screening | Open Rights Group ORG is teaming up with the filmmakers of the documentary film Phantom Parrot. phantom parrot openrights groupoxfordscreening https://www.flickr.com/photos/openrightsgroup/50277175113/in/dateposted-public/ Dept of Dirty | Still from Deptment of Dirty campaign video | Open Rights Group | Flickr Still from Deptment of Dirty campaign video open rights groupcampaign videodeptdirtystill https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/org-end-of-year-review-2025/ ORG End of Year Review 2025 | Open Rights Group Digital rights in 2025 From age verification and digital ID to crime-predicting tech and attacks on migrants’ digital rights, this year we had to fight harder... open rights groupyear reviewend2025 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. encryption open rightssavegroup https://www.openrightsgroup.org/staff/ Staff | Open Rights Group open rights groupstaff https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-post-office-scandal-and-data-protection/ The Post Office Scandal and Data Protection | Open Rights Group The Post Office scandal, which saw hundreds of subpostmasters wrongly convicted of fraud, is one of the UK’s biggest miscarriages of justice. post office scandalopen rights groupdata protection https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/data-protection-u-turn-needed/ DATA PROTECTION U-TURN NEEDED | Open Rights Group Government’s proposed changes to UK GDPR should be next to go New chancellor Jeremy Hunt has begun to scrap part of the disastrous economic measures proposed... open rights groupdata protectionturnneeded https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/rushing-dpdi-bill-disaster-for-uk-data-protection-rights/ Rushing DPDI Bill would be disaster for data protection rights in the UK | Open Rights Group 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... data protection rightsdpdi billuk openrushingwould