Data surveillance
Report
Aging in data: public participatory workshop Barcelona 2024
This report is a summary of a creative participatory workshop in which participants generated ideas for how data could be used in more egalitarian, creative and critical ways to create better futures in which to age.
Report
Ombudsman oversight of covert electronic surveillance
This report presents the results of inspections conducted by the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman for the period 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023, examining how law enforcement and integrity agencies access telecommunications data and store information.
Report
Primer: defending the rights of refugees and migrants in the digital age
This paper presents a high-level snapshot of some of the key digital technology developments in asylum and migration management systems, in particular systems that process large quantities of data, and highlights some of Amnesty International’s key human rights concerns.
Policy report
Surveillance, privacy and agency: insights from China
The Chinese Communist Party operates a society-wide system of tech-enhanced authoritarian governance, facilitated by a sophisticated online censorship apparatus and internet-linked physical surveillance devices. This report outlines how the party-state communicates on issues related to surveillance, as well as people’s views on state surveillance, data privacy, facial recognition, DNA collection and data-management technologies.
Report
The Predator Files: caught in the net
This report lays out the human rights implications of the 'Predator Files' disclosures, which show how a suite of highly invasive surveillance technologies, supplied by the Intellexa alliance, is being sold and transferred around the world with impunity.