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We challenged MI5’s mass surveillance. Then they spied on us

27 September 2018

States spying on the very organisations that challenge their surveillance power demonstrates how important such work is, says Privacy International’s Edin Omanovic
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Those GDPR emails should stop soon, but our data nightmare won't

23 May 2018

Your inbox is full of pleading emails because the EU’s new data rules come into force this week – but they might not actually do anything to improve your life

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