Eva Blum-Dumontet has been a researcher at Privacy International since 2014. She is leading a project on gender and privacy, exploring the impact of corporate, government and societal surveillance on women and gender non-conforming individuals. She is the author of a report on smart cities and their impact on the right to privacy. Her work has largely focused on the Global South and she conducted a number of investigations on government surveillance in various countries, including Egypt and Thailand.