Rebecca Vincent

Rebecca Vincent

activist United Kingdom

Rebecca Vincent is the interim director of Big Brother Watch, a UK civil liberties organization focused on promoting privacy rights and advocating against government surveillance. Recently, she has been in the news for her strong opposition to the UK government's request to access encrypted data protected by Apple's Advanced Data Protection system, arguing that it represents a significant threat to the privacy rights of millions of British Apple users.

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Hong Kong Hong Kong: Rebecca Vincent expressed concerns that the mandatory identity verification measures could harm privacy and civil rights. 3

明報 (Ming Pao): 英媒:英擬推成人數碼身分證 施紀賢周五有宣布 (22:59) - 20250925 - 國際 - 即時新聞

Taiwan Taiwan: The organization’s interim director Rebecca Vincent said there is no legislative basis to protect rights regarding facial recognition technology. 4

Taipei Times – major English newspaper in Taiwan, est. 1999: UK’s facial recognition roll-out alarms rights groups

New Zealand New Zealand: Rebecca Vincent, the interim director of Big Brother Watch, expressed concerns about the lack of legislative basis for the use of facial recognition technology. 7

The New Zealand Herald – country’s largest newspaper, est. 1863: Extent of Britain’s ‘invasive tech’ mass facial-recognition roll-out disturbs rights groups

United Kingdom United Kingdom: Rebecca Vincent, interim director of Big Brother Watch, said: 'Police have interpreted the absence of any legislative basis authorising the use of this intrusive technology as carte blanche to continue to roll it out unfettered.' 6

BBC: Government expands police use of live facial recognition vans

United Kingdom United Kingdom: Rebecca Vincent is the interim director of Big Brother Watch. 7

BBC: Apple-UK data privacy row should not be secret, court rules