Expanding beyond GPS ankle tags, the Home Office has since Autumn 2022 been issuing so-called non-fitted devices (NFDs) to migrants who are on immigration bail and who are subject to electronic ...

“IPIC” ("Identify and Prioritise Immigration Cases”) is an algorithm utilised by the UK Home Office that automatically identifies and recommends migrants for particular immigration decisions or ...

Many democracies, particularly younger democracies, are increasingly looking to employ technology - including biometrics - to coordinate the running of their electoral processes. Governments give ...

Increasingly every interaction that migrants have with a third-party, be it humanitarian or governments agencies, requires the processing of their personal data. The use of this data and new ...

We’ve published a new tech explainer on election technologies in Kenya. The explainer a deep dive into the technologies employed to manage and administer the election process in Kenya, such as ...

Our briefing “When Spiders Share Webs” explores the role the EU-funded INTERPOL programme, the West African Police Information System (WAPIS), in externalising EU borders by transferring data-driven ...

Just want to get started? Scroll down to view the list of guides! Imagine an ordinary day online: in the morning you check your e-mail and scroll through your favourite sites to learn about the latest ...

We fight for a world where technology will empower and enable us, not exploit our data for profit and power. This means providing people with ways to take concrete action to protect themselves or ...

Genetic data is personal data relating to inherited or acquired genetic characteristics of a natural person acquired through DNA or RNA analysis. Genetic samples are some of the most sensitive forms ...

On Identity Day, PI with our global network of partners are launching Identity Crisis - our new campaign to change the narrative on identity systems. Around the world ...

The UK is sleepwalking towards the end of privacy in public. The spread of insidious Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) in public spaces across the country will mean we can no longer walk down our ...

A new examination of documents detailing the US National Security Agency's SKYNET programme shows that SKYNET carries out mass surveillance of Pakistan's mobile phone network and then uses a machine ...