As organisations committed to defending privacy and freedom of expression rights, we are writing in response to reports that the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (‘IPT’) will be hearing Apple’s appeal ...

Joint letter from Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch and Index on Censorship to the President of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal. The letter states that the “case implicates the privacy rights of ...

Simple solutions create complex problems. In breaking encryption, the security of everyone’s private messages goes down the drain. And through the hole in our cybersecurity, surveillance organisations ...

James Baker, Platform Power and Free Expression Programme Manager said: “We want to raise awareness of how essential encryption is for keeping our online communications and transactions safe and ...

Incredible as it may seem, thanks to the Online Safety Act, dozens of harmless, safe, small websites are closing down by 17 March, rather than face threats of fines that could lose their operators ...

Open Rights Group has responded to Apple’s announcement that they will no longer be able to offer Advanced Data Protection tools after UK security row. James Baker, Platform Power Programme Manager at ...

Changing the rules that govern our personal data will impact our lives in many ways. The Bill will affect data in public services like the NHS, the role of US AI companies in decision-making, how ...

The Directors of the company present their annual report for the year ending 31 October 2023. The Directors would like to thank our members, supporters, donors and grantors, who made our important ...

As Chelsea Manning wrote, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell forced to her live a double life, with encryption as a protective shield. She warned that breaking encryption would have “negative consequences that ...

The Home Office has again extended the deadline for implementing its eVisa scheme. The scheme was initially due to come into effect on January 1, 2025 but because of multiple problems, it was delayed ...

Christi Scarborough has been a supporter and member since ORG’s conception and in early 2018 Christi joined Open Rights Group’s board. Christi is a barrister at 42 Bedford Row where she has a broad ...

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 ...