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WEBOpen Rights Group is the UK’s largest grassroots digital rights campaigning organisation, working to protect everyone’s rights to privacy and free speech online. We fight for a fair digital environment where technology supports justice, equality and freedom. We campaign, lobby, go to court – whatever it takes to challenge restrictions to ...
Research - Open Rights Group
WEBJul 15, 2024 · The Online Safety Bill – Sector Support Roundtable. In September 2022, Open Rights Group convened a discussion between privacy and data protection experts and other civil society professionals exploring the nexus between privacy, protection from online abuse and freedom of expression. Find Out More. 27 October, 2022.
Who We Are - Open Rights Group
WEBFounded 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. Digital technology has transformed the way we live and opened up limitless new ways to communicate, connect, share and learn across the world ...
Blog | Open Rights Group
WEBJul 17, 2024 · On 27 September 2022, Open Rights Group (ORG) held a roundtable with civil society – from women’s rights advocacy groups to organisations representing over-surveilled communities – to discuss some of the most concerning aspects of the Online Safety Bill, currently at the report stage in the House of Commons. Find Out More.
Don’t Scan Me! | Open Rights Group
WEBMessage scanning is an expansion of mass surveillance. Millions of people use these services daily. Scanning phone messages breaks the promise of confidentiality and undermines our security. This spy clause unlocks the security measures built into your phone. Some providers of end-to-end encrypted messaging such as …
ICO fails UK Meta users and allows social media giant to resume …
WEB4 days ago · ORG complaint to the ICO. In July, ORG submitted a complaint to the ICO on behalf of five Meta users. The complainants asked the ICO to: Issue an imminent and legally binding decision under Article 58(2) UK GDPR to prevent the processing of the personal data of the complainants – and over 50 million UK data subjects — …
Online Safety Bill Policy Hub | Open Rights Group
WEBSOAS ICOP Policy Briefings – Online Safety Bill “spy clause” requires chat platforms to scan private messages, by the Open Rights Group, 5 December 2022. Policy briefing – Online Safety Bill third reading. Policy briefing – Criminal liability for content harmful to children. Policy Briefing: Who is checking on your chats in private ...
Campaigns - Open Rights Group
WEBORG VICTORIES. From the Immigration Exception to the Covid-19 app, we’ve achieved a long list of victories in defence of our civil liberties in the digital age. Find out more.
Victories - Open Rights Group
WEBConcerned about the risk of fraud in electronic voting, one of our early campaigns was deploying volunteer teams of technical experts in 2007 and 2008 to produce analyses of the e-voting systems used in both trial and live elections. Since its inception in 2005, Open Rights Group has earned a reputation for a long list of victories in defence ...
Our year of action - Open Rights Group
WEBDec 22, 2021 · With Britain still in the throes of Covid-19, 2021 was a truly unique year for the movement to protect our digital rights. As we look back on our challenges and triumphs, Open Rights Group (ORG) has all our members and supporters to thank for making it happen. Thank you!
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