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PI releases analyses of privacy issues in Asian developing countries 11/11/2009
Following an eighteen month project, PI releases a report analysing the privacy landscape and pressing policy issues in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Thailand.

PI and the Madrid Declaration on Global Privacy Standards 05/11/2009
In a crisply worded declaration, over 100 civil society organizations and privacy experts from more than 40 countries have set out an expansive statement on the future of privacy.

Parliamentary Group looking at UK Government communications surveillance plans 29/06/2009
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Privacy, of which PI is the Secretariat, is meeting on July 1st to review the Government's plans for a 'Interception Modernisation Programme'.

PI and Free Expression Groups Call for Limits on Surveillance 08/06/2009
Thirty media organisations from the around the world have joined with PI in calling on governments to limit the use of invasive surveillance techniques, to not adopt data retention laws, and to review their existing laws which allow for wiretapping and access to communications data to ensure that they respect privacy and freedom of expression rights.

PI hosts workshop in Bangkok on Privacy in Asia 28/05/2009
Privacy International ran a three-day workshop in Bangkok from May 22 to May 24 with partners from Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Thailand to work on how to advance privacy protections in their countries and in the region.

Civil society joins key professional bodies to demand removal of data sharing powers 28/02/2009
Many of Britain's leading professional bodies have joined Privacy International and colleague NGO's to call for the complete withdrawal of the controversial clause 152 data sharing powers. An open letter signed by thirty organisations ranging from the Royal College of Psychiatrists to the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association has condemned the new powers as a dangerous threat to privacy, and has demanded the removal of the clause from the Coroners & Justice Bill.