Article 24.01.2014 1 min. read Text Access of the law enforcement agencies and secret services upon more or less formal warrants and request do not cover the whole problem of the online surveillance. More and more date is available out there without any warrants – just to read, take and process. It is the situation, when the data that we all publish online, with more or less awareness of the consequences, is used by authorities mention above for whatever purposes. How purpose limitation could possibly be used to limit open source surveillance? To what extent privacy settings that by default enable or enhance making data public help in conducting this type of surveillance? How open source surveillance might influence individual? Richard Allan (Facebook), Jan Derkacz (AGH University of Science and Technology), Ian Readhead (UK Association of Chief Police Officers) and Matthew Rice (Privacy International) discussed emerging trends in open source surveillance, technological possibilities and adequacy of existing legal safeguards during panel organized by Panoptykon Foundation, Bits of Freedom and Privacy International on the 7th Computers, Privacy & Data Protection Conference. Watch video (YouTube) Fundacja Panoptykon Author Topic secret services mass surveillance personal data Previous Next See also Article Activists v. Poland. European Court of Human Rights hearing on uncontrolled surveillance On 27 September the hearing was held at the European Court of Human Rights, following the application against Poland lodged by activists from Poland’s Panoptykon Foundation and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, joined by a human rights attorney. The group alleges that the state violated their… 04.11.2022 Text Article New chair of the Polish DPA appointed Jan Nowak, previously a general manager at the DPA’s office and a long-term member of PiS, the ruling party, will become the new chair of the Polish Data Protection Authority. The nomination raised controversy as to whether Jan Nowak meets the legal requirements for this position. 11.04.2019 Text Article No control over surveillance by Polish intelligence agencies. ECHR demands explanations from the government The European Court of Human Rights demanded the Polish government to provide an explanation in the case of surveillance by intelligence agencies. 18.12.2019 Text