Democracy organisations, privacy groups and academics have written to government ministers to warn that powers in the Data Use and Access (DUA) Bill could threaten the integrity of future elections.

Henry VIII clauses are delegated legislative powers that allow the government to override or amend primary legislation as it was enacted by Parliament. The Data Use and Access Bill makes extensive use ...

To Sir Chris Bryant MP, Minister of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology To Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and ...

Digital rights campaigners, Open Rights Group (ORG) have responded to the publication of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill. ORG’s Platform Power Programme Manager James Baker said: “ORG welcomes ...

As organisations committed to defending privacy and freedom of expression rights, we are writing in response to reports that the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (‘IPT’) will be hearing Apple’s appeal ...

Joint letter from Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch and Index on Censorship to the President of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal. The letter states that the “case implicates the privacy rights of ...

Open Rights Group has responded to Apple’s announcement that they will no longer be able to offer Advanced Data Protection tools after UK security row. James Baker, Platform Power Programme Manager at ...

The Directors of the company present their annual report for the year ending 31 October 2023. The Directors would like to thank our members, supporters, donors and grantors, who made our important ...

The Home Office has again extended the deadline for implementing its eVisa scheme. The scheme was initially due to come into effect on January 1, 2025 but because of multiple problems, it was delayed ...

As Chelsea Manning wrote, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell forced to her live a double life, with encryption as a protective shield. She warned that breaking encryption would have “negative consequences that ...

Open Rights Group is the UK’s largest grassroots digital rights campaigning organisation, fighting to protect everyone’s rights to privacy and free speech online. We fight for a fair digital ...