openrightsgroup, 11 days ago to privacy

Confiscating migrants' mobile phones deprives people of access to the Internet and support networks.

It isolates people being held by the UK State and restricts their ability to exercise legal rights in the #DigitalHostileEnvironment.

This follows a previous Home Office policy to seize mobile phones and extract data onto the Project Sunshine #surveillance database.

Despite the practice being ruled illegal, the government is at it again.

#privacy #migrant #ukpolitics

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/05/migrants-stripped-of-smartphones-ahead-of-rwanda-flights/

openrightsgroup, 16 days ago to privacy

Data can unwittingly leave a trail of our movements. This potentially exposes migrants, refugees and asylum seekers to various threats.

Read about what our survey with Positive Action in Housing found and the need for #DigitalSanctuary.

Find out more ⬇️

#digitalrights #privacy #dataprotection #DigitalHostileEnvironment

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/why-migrants-need-digital-sanctuary/

openrightsgroup, 17 days ago to privacy

Data can be weaponised for surveillance and profiling.

So how can migrants protect their privacy in the #DigitalHostileEnvironment?

Have a look at all our privacy tips, translated in English, Farsi, Arabic and Ukrainian here ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/refugee-week-digital-rights-tips/

#digitalrights #privacy #dataprotection #migrants

openrightsgroup, 21 days ago to privacy

“We just do not have rights to privacy”

In our digital rights survey of refugees and asylum seekers with Positive Action in Housing, we asked people about their data being shared online.

There's a lack of trust with the government over how data is used in the UK #DigitalHostileEnvironment

#dataprotection #privacy #migrants #ukpolitics #digitalrights

openrightsgroup, 24 days ago to privacy

Changes in the UK Data Protection and Digital Information Bill will exacerbate the existing power imbalances that migrants, refugees and asylum seekers have over their data.

This will lead to significant harms and an expansion of the #DigitalHostileEnvironment.

Read our briefing for more ⬇️

#dataprotection #DPDIBill #privacy #migrants #GDPR #ukpolitics

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/briefing-how-the-dpdi-bill-harms-migrants-data-rights/

openrightsgroup, 25 days ago to privacy

Surveillance measures in the #DigitalHostileEnvironment will intensify if the UK Data Protection and Digital Information Bill succeeds in weakening data rights.

Yet the majority of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers we surveyed with Positive Action in Housing haven’t heard about the Bill.

Here's why it's a problem 🧵

#privacy #dataprotection #DPDIBill #migrants #ukpolitics

openrightsgroup, 25 days ago to privacy

Our survey of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers with Positive Action in Housing found that most people worry about the UK government sharing their data with third-party organisations.

This is a reality experienced by migrants under right to work checks in the #DigitalHostileEnvironment.

Right to work checks on #migrants are run through apps run by a range of companies certified by the government as Identity Service Providers.

#privacy #dataprotection #ukpolitics #ChallengeTheChecks