The Latest Breaking News from Open Rights Group

‘Digital hostile environment’: AI secretly being embedded across Home Office, report claims

Tasks from determining asylum seekers’ ages to border surveillance now involve AI, says Open Rights Group

The Guardian - UK · 4h ago

Home Office urged to break with ‘toxic record of failure’ over AI use in asylum claims

Campaigners and MPs push government to come clean about how AI tools are being used at the border and in asylum cases

The Independent UK · 4h ago

Ofcom urged to clarify if Palestine Action content should still be removed online

Rights groups and experts say situation is unclear as ruling that quashed ban faces challenge from home secretary

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3

UK’s new eVisa scheme ‘could create digital Windrush scandal’

Open Rights Group say digital documentation system is prone to data errors, system crashes and other glitches

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2024

UK DPDI bill seeks to reform GDPR - here's what you need to know

While it has the potential to save billions to the UK economy, civil societies warn the DPDI "will seriously weaken data protection rights in the UK."

TechRadar · Mar 27, 2023

Sadiq Khan facing legal fight over police access to ULEZ cameras

Campaigners on Wednesday accused the Mayor of creating ‘a huge increase in surveillance of Londoners’

Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2022