Following global pushes for age assurance by governments, Persona is increasingly being used by major online platforms to carry out biometric age checks.

Miranda Mowbray’s research interests include cyber security and big data ethics. She did industrial research at HP for many years, particularly on computer privacy and security. She has also worked in ...

Predictive polcing is built on existing, flawed police data. Over-policed communities are more likely to be identified as at ‘risk’ of criminality, leading to more racist policing.

Today, Open Rights Group has submitted complaints to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Commission Nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) about LiveRamp, an online ...

UK internet users now have to verify their age to use a range of apps and websites. Age verification is not only being introduced for porn sites but also social media platforms, dating apps and even ...

Let’s look at how the Online Safety Bill brings the contents of your private communications into scope for scanning, monitoring, and censorship. The Online Safety Bill will apply to the contents of ...

The draft Online Safety Bill’s provisions on mandatory age verification don’t just threaten your rights to privacy and freedom of expression – they also threaten the integrity of the Internet’s ...

Safety Not Surveillance is led by Open Rights Group who plays a coordinating role in the coalition. The coalition includes organisations from across the movement ecosystem. Coalition partner ...

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Since joining Open Rights Group in January 2009, Jim has led campaigns against three strikes and the Digital Economy Act, the company Phorm and its plans to snoop on UK users, and against pervasive ...

Free VPN for new members! Surfshark VPN are offering new ORG members a free SurfShark One package, which includes a VPN, Antivirus, Alternative ID and Alert & Search services, and much more. To ...

The Data Use and Access Bill will fail to protect the public from harmful uses of artificial intelligence, say digital rights campaigners, Open Rights Group. The Bill, published today, rehashes many ...