Open Rights Group

Reform UK's Cut My Bills 'competition' breaches transparency obligations under data protection law. People are asked to hand over data about their voting preferences for a chance to get their bills paid. All with no explanation of how personal data will be used. The ICO must investigate. Read more ⬇️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/ico-must-i… #reform #reformuk #farage #dataprotection #privacy #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol

We've published a new legal opinion, raising questions over the legality of the use of AI tools in the UK asylum system. Applicants aren't being informed of their use by decision-makers, nor being given the opportunity to correct errors that might be made in AI generated summaries. Find out more ⬇️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/home-offic… #asylum #ai #migrants #homeoffice #ukpolitics #ukpol

Trump threatens allies with retribution for not bending the knee. UK digital infrastructure can be used as leverage or disrupted on his say so. We need interoperable open-source systems, so we're not locked in to services owned and controlled by foreign tech firms. Sign the petition for #DigitalSovereignty ⬇️ https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-trump-s-kill-… #Trump #nato #starmer #ukpolitics #ukpol #petition #opensource

The failure to inform asylum applicants of the use of AI in decision-making is likely UNLAWFUL. A new legal opinion for ORG finds that the use of AI tools by the UK Home Office doesn't meet legal obligations nor standards in the AI Playbook. We need full transparency to ensure lawful and fair decisions. Read more ⬇️ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ai-artifi… #asylum #ai #legal #migrants #homeoffice #ukpolitics #ukpol

"There is little evidence that young people are using VPNs to bypass digital ID checks imposed by the [UK] Online Safety Act." Age gating them "will have little impact on children's online safety but will deter adults from using them or force people to hand over personal documents or biometric data." 🗣️ @James Baker for ORG. https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/gadgets-tec… #vpn #privacy #cybersecurity #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The UK Information Commissioner's Office and Ofcom are pushing for tech companies to strengthen age checks. It's disastrous that the ICO wants to somehow 'protect children’s data' by compelling 13-18 year olds to use poorly regulated digital identification products that could put their biometric data at risk. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/social-me… #ageverification #privacy #digitalid #ofcom #ico #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol