In March 2025, there was a huge victory for your data rights! Meta settled a four year court case with human rights campaigner Tanya O’Carroll. She had taken legal action to force the social media giant to stop collecting and processing her personal data for advertising purposes. Meta have agreed to stop profiling Tanya – and now it’s your turn to say no to stalker ads! If you use any Meta products – Facebook, Instagram, Meta Quest or VR, Threads or WhatsApp – you can use our tool t...| Open Rights Group
What's at stake? Your photos of your kids. Your bank statements. Your payslips. Your CV. Should you be able to store these important items safely and securely in the cloud or should the Government be able to make us more vulnerable to criminals and hackers? It’s nearly time for the UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal to answer that question when they hear Apple’s appeal against the government’s demands to weaken its products. The outcome will affect all of us, whether or not we use App...| Open Rights Group
What's the problem? Until recently, migrants from outside the EU had physical documents to prove that they and their families could live, work or study in the UK. These could be physical cards or stamps or stickers in their passports. The Home Office wants to replace these physical documents with e-Visas by the end of December 2024. This will affect up to four million people in the UK. This scheme could lead to a digital Windrush scandal, where people who have the right to be in the UK can no...| Open Rights Group
What's the problem? Until recently, migrants from outside the EU had physical documents to prove that they and their families could live, work or study in the UK. These could be physical cards or stamps or stickers in their passports. The Home Office wants to replace these physical documents with e-Visas by the end of December 2024. This will affect four million people in the UK. This scheme could lead to a second Windrush scandal, where people who have the right to be in the UK can no longer...| Open Rights Group
What is this? This is an automated tool to help you access your data rights. You have a right under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to request the personal data held about you by data controllers. Built by Open Rights Group and MoreOnion, this tool will send subject access requests to political parties across the United Kingdom (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Once you have used the tool to send data requests, parties will be obliged by law to respond to you. Wha...| Open Rights Group
