Following the conclusion of an internal HR process, the Information Commissioner is on garden leave, before his final exit.

This introduces a backdoor that would make people vulnerable to hacking and abuses of their private information without any control over who gets access.

Our report details how the government should pursue a rights-based approach to tackling online harms.

Safety Not Surveillance is led by Open Rights Group who plays a coordinating role in the coalition. The coalition includes organisations from across the movement ecosystem. Coalition partner ...

Open Rights Group has responded to last night’s debate on the Online Safety Bill in the House of Lords. Dr Monica Horten, policy manager for freedom of expression at Open Rights Group, said: “It is ...

When the UK last proposed age verification for adult content online, we analysed the deficiencies with the proposed code of practice for AV, which, as with the current Ofcom codes, left providers to ...

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 ...

Executive Summary Reclaiming Digital Sovereignty The high cost of digital dependency In Part I The Digital Sovereignty challenge we find: The UK’s current position Part II Current UK policy position ...

Predictive polcing is built on existing, flawed police data. Over-policed communities are more likely to be identified as at ‘risk’ of criminality, leading to more racist policing.

Members of the Advisory Council (AC) are tech, legal, campaigning and political experts who give ORG advice about a range of issues. The AC is made up of people with differing views that are not ...

Jim Killock, Executive Director of Open Rights Group said: “A costly and and divisive digital ID card scheme was not on Labour’s manifesto, and it’s the last thing this government should be embarking ...

Civil liberties groups have warned that the Online Safety Bill will fundamentally undermine human rights in the UK. In a letter to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, the organisations ...