Publications
27 April, 2021
Transcript: ORG and Amnesty Scotland joint Human and Digital Rights Hustings, 20 April 2021
Mike Morel, Open Rights Group:
Good evening and welcome to the first-ever human and digital rights hustings for the 2021 Scottish Parliamentary elections, jointly organized by Amnesty Scotland and Open Rights Group Scotland.
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05 August, 2020
Response to Public Order and Hate Crime Bill
Open Rights Group response to Justice Committee’s call for evidence on Public Order and Hate Crime Bill.
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27 May, 2020
Scotland’s AI Strategy: Response to scoping document
Open Rights Group are a grassroots digital rights campaigning organisation, working across the United Kingdom to ensure that as society goes digital we preserve its openness and respect for fundamental rights.
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20 May, 2020
Letter to Health Boards on Scotland’s contact tracing trials
A letter sent to healthboards who participated in the trials of Scotland’s contact tracing strategy.
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07 May, 2020
Joint letter to Scottish Government and Digital Health and Care Institute
A letter to the Scottish Government and Digital Health and Care Institute on privacy and human rights standards in Scotland’s proposed contact tracing webtool
To,
Scottish Government (Jeane Freeman, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport)
cc Digital Health and Care Institute
We write to you as Scottish academics, activists, and policy specialists involved in human rights and the protection of privacy through law and technology, as academics involved public health, and as institutions committed to upholding human rights standards across Scotland.
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23 March, 2020
Defamation and Malicious Publications Bill – Justice Committee Response
Open Rights Group are a grass-roots campaigning organisation focusing on supporting the right to freedom of expression, and the right to privacy online.
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09 March, 2020
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Stage 3 Debate briefing
Briefing to Members of Scottish Parliament from Open Rights Group on Scottish.
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06 November, 2019
Joint Submission with Big Brother Watch to Justice Sub-Committee on Policing’s facial recognition inquiry
This is a joint submission to the Justice Sub-Committee’s inquiry into Police Scotland’s use of facial recognition.
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26 September, 2019
Joint letter to Cabinet Secretary Humza Yousaf on Scottish Biometrics Commissioner
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01 September, 2019
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner – Response to Justice Committee call for evidence
Open Rights Group’s response to the call for evidence from Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee on the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill.
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30 May, 2020
Report: Seizing the Future: Seeking clarity of law in the seizure and search of mobile devices in Scotland
This report compares Police Scotland’s lawful basis for seizing and searching electronic devices against European Court of Human Rights standards.
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16 April, 2019
Open Rights Group submission to Justice Committee on Police Scotland’s interim Vulnerable Person’s Database
Open Rights Group submitted analysis of Police Scotland’s interim Vulnerable Person’s Database to the Justice Committee at the Scottish Parliament.
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03 April, 2019
Defamation Reform – Briefing for response to Consultation
This is a short briefing on the proposed reforms to Defamation law in Scotland.
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04 March, 2019
Cyber Kiosks – Correspondence to Justice Sub-Committee on Policing
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.
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20 November, 2018
Cyber Kiosks – Submission to Justice Sub-Committee on Policing
Open Rights Group submitted evidence to the Justice Sub-Committee on Policing on the proposed rollout of forensic cyber kiosks by Police Scotland.
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02 March, 2018
Electronic Voting – Response to Scottish Government’s consultation on Electoral Reform
Open Rights Group’s submission to the Scottish Government’s consultation on Electoral Reform focusing on the calls to trial electronic voting.
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17 October, 2017
Equipment Interference Code of Practice for Police Scotland – Consultation Response
Open Rights Group Scotland’s response to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act Equipment Interference DRAFT Code of Practice.
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29 September, 2017
Regulating The Use of Biometrics Across Scotland
Open Rights Group’s response to the consultation lead by the Independent Advisory Group on Biometrics.
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05 September, 2017
Response to Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill 2017
Open Rights Group’s response to The Scottish Law Commission’s consultation on the Defamation and Malivious Publication (Scotland) Bill 2017.
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07 August, 2017
Submission to Scots Law Commission 10th Reform Programme – with Scottish PEN
A joint submission from Open Rights Group and Scottish PEN suggesting Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 to be reviewed in The Scottish Law Commission’s 10th reform programme.
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19 July, 2017
Response to Call for Views on NHS Scotland’s Digital Health and Social Care Strategy – with medConfidential
Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee called for views on NHS Scotland’s Digital Strategy.
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15 February, 2015
The Scottish National ID Database—your questions answered
The proposal to create a Scottish National Identity Database has profound implications, but these are barely discussed in the Scottish Government’s consultation document.
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02 February, 2015
A national ID system by the backdoor: the NHSCR Scotland Consultation
The Scottish Government and National Records of Scotland (NRS) are consulting on proposals to change regulations created under the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006.
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