A media pack for Don't Spy On Us supporters to use in the general election.

Here's a guide for prospective parliamentary candidates on what the Don't Spy On Us campaign and our members are calling for in the next parliament.

The Don't Spy On Us campaign's initial thoughts on Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee report ‘Privacy and Security: A modern and transparent legal framework'

Today’s report by Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) into the Snowden revelations has admitted for the first time that wholesale reform of the law covering GCHQ and the intelligence agencies is needed after May’s general election.

We'll be at the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat conferences this autumn. Our events at the Labour conference in Manchester and at the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow are open to anyone so come along if you can!

Labour
Don't Spy On Us: Surveillance, where do you draw the line?
Sunday 21 September, 6.30pm

Liberty, Privacy International, Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch, Article 19 and English PEN briefing on the fast-track Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill

Instead of debate, we've had the usual scare tactics, Mike Harris writes for The Independent.

Don’t Spy On Us has joined together with over 63 civil society groups worldwide to demand that the UN does more to protect free expression and privacy online. In a joint oral statement at the 26th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), Don’t Spy On Us founding members ARTICLE 19, Big Brother Watch, English PEN, Liberty, Open Rights Group, and Privacy International, joined others in rejecting mass surveillance as disproportionate and contrary to fundamental human rights.

A number of the groups behind the Don't Spy On Us campaign have welcomed today's declaration by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that the Data Retention Directive is invalid and no longer legally binding.

The Court found that the Directive severely interferes with the fundamental rights to respect for private…

There are two campaign events on 9 April in London for Don't Spy On Us supporters - one in Parliament and one at the London Book Fair.