Open Rights Group are a grass-roots campaigning organisation focusing on supporting the right to freedom of expression, and the right to privacy online. the Open Rights Group are grateful for the opportunity to provide comments to the Defamation and Malicious Publications (Scotland) Bill for consideration by the Justice Committee.

The reform in Scotland provides an opportunity to ensure:

• That…

This is a joint submission to the Justice Sub-Committee's inquiry into Police Scotland's use of facial recognition. The submission was made alongside Big Brother Watch, the civil liberties campaigning organisation.

Humza Yousaf MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Justice
T4.02
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh EH99 1SP

26 September 2019

Dear Humza,

We are writing as civil society organisations working across Scotland and the United Kingdom on issues of human rights and the impact of technology on fundamental rights.

The use of biometrics in law enforcement is…

Open Rights Group's response to the call for evidence from Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee on the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill

This report compares Police Scotland's lawful basis for seizing and searching electronic devices against European Court of Human Rights standards. The report concludes that human rights standards require a new statutory framework is necessary given the intrusiveness of a search of electronic devices.

Open Rights Group submitted analysis of Police Scotland's interim Vulnerable Person's Database to the Justice Committee at the Scottish Parliament

This is a short briefing on the proposed reforms to Defamation law in Scotland.

Correspondence from Open Rights Group on the legal basis for the use of forensic kiosks and the scope of the work the Justice Sub-Committee are undertaking

Open Rights Group submitted evidence to the Justice Sub-Committee on Policing on the proposed rollout of forensic cyber kiosks by Police Scotland. Submitted 13 November 2018.