Privacy International stories:
Facebook wins Zimbabwe election on T/Cs
Apr 24th, 2009 - The Register
Facebook is claiming a victory in a vote to decide on changes to its terms and conditions even though only 0.03 per cent of users voted on changes. A big row broke out...
Privacy International videos from YouTube:
9:23Privacy and National Security
Simon Davies and Gus Hosein of Privacy International talk about the way governments are misusing the fear of national security to collect personal data, carry out surveillance, etc during an interview with Jehan Ara in Bangkok
6:13Story of Privacy and Why it is Important
Simon Davies, Director of Privacy International, speaks with Jehan Ara regarding Privacy and why we should be thinking about it. This interview took place on the sidelines of a Privacy Asia Workshop in Bangkok.
5:09Google Accused of Eroding Privacy
CBC News Today host Nancy Wilson interviews technology analyst Jesse Hirsh regarding Privacy International's claim that Google represents a serious threat to consumer privacy.
3:31The Surveillance Map of the World
have reached. Based on data collected by the Privacy International NPO, the installation allows the user to make worldwide comparisons, and thus turns users into surveillants themselves an experience that becomes intensively real ...
Privacy International from WikiPedia:
Privacy International (PI) is a UK-based non-profit organisation formed in 1990, "as a watchdog on surveillance and privacy invasions by governments and corporations." PI has organised campaigns and initiatives in more than fifty countries and is based in London, UK.
During 1990, in response to increasing awareness about the globalisation of surveillance, more than a hundred privacy experts and human rights organizations from forty countries took steps to form an international organization for the protection of privacy.
Members of the new body, including computer professionals, academics, lawyers, journalists, jurists and human rights activists, had a common interest in promoting an international understanding of the importance of privacy and data protection. Meetings of the group, which took the name Privacy International (PI), were held throughout that year in North America, Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific, and members agreed to work toward the establishment of new forms of privacy advocacy at the international level. The initiative was convened and personally funded by British privacy activist Simon Davies who has since then been director of the organization.
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