Back in October 2022, ORG exposed Government plans to snoop on UK residents’ smart meters and energy consumption data. In July 2023, the Government backtracked on their plans following ORG’s ...
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/smart-meter-data-the-government-at-it-again/
Ofcom’s consultation on safeguarding children online exposes significant problems regarding the proposed implementation of age-gating measures. While aimed at protecting children from digital h...
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/online-safety-proposals-could-cause-new-harms/
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 pe...
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/org-response-to-the-ico-consent-or-pay-consultation/
ORG’s Submission to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee 1. Executive Summary · Open Rights Group, the UK’s largest grassroots digital rights organisation, is submitting evidence ab...
LIBE committee raises concerns about Data Protection and Digital Information Bill to UK government and European Commission. The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE Commit...
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/europe-warns-of-threat-to-adequacy-agreement/
When individuals migrate, their data migrates with them. When people leave their countries to travel and live in different places whether as migrants, refugees, or asylum seekers, they are not on...
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/why-migrants-need-digital-sanctuary/
In our latest briefing, Open Rights Group raises the alarm over changes in the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (DPDI Bill) that could open the floodgate for the abuse of data analyti...
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/dpdi-bill-threatens-integrity-of-general-election/
Last month, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove MP, announced a new and expanded definition of extremism as part of the Government’s Counter Terrorism...
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/extremism-redefined-caught-in-a-mouth-trap/
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 safeguard...
The Home Office has for several years run a programme to supply Mosques, temples and Synagogues with security equipment including CCTV cameras. This has recently been extended with more than £11...
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/home-office-surveillance-cctv/