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India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Bill

Stop SIM data-syphoning: Safaricom must protect privacy in Kenya

14 Dec 2022

Access Now calls on Safaricom to protect privacy in Kenya, and immediately delete all biometric data it collected via its SIM registration process.

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Stop SIM data-syphoning: Safaricom must protect privacy in Kenya
14 Dec 2022
Stop SIM data-syphoning: Safaricom must protect privacy in Kenya
India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Bill

Open letter: Safaricom must delete all biometric data collected unlawfully during Kenya’s SIM card registration exercise

14 Dec 2022

Through an open letter, Access Now urges Safaricom to delete all biometric data collected unlawfully during Kenya’s SIM card registration exercise.

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Open letter: Safaricom must delete all biometric data collected unlawfully during Kenya’s SIM card registration exercise
14 Dec 2022
Open letter: Safaricom must delete all biometric data collected unlawfully during Kenya’s SIM card registration exercise

The Elephant inside the Dinosaur or What Went Down at the 17th Internet Governance Forum

8 Dec 2022
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The Elephant inside the Dinosaur or What Went Down at the 17th Internet Governance Forum
8 Dec 2022
The Elephant inside the Dinosaur or What Went Down at the 17th Internet Governance Forum
Image: Two Years in the dark is two years too long

Electricity, telecoms return to parts of Tigray following cease-fire with Ethiopia

7 Dec 2022
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Electricity, telecoms return to parts of Tigray following cease-fire with Ethiopia
7 Dec 2022
Electricity, telecoms return to parts of Tigray following cease-fire with Ethiopia
U.S. blocklists Sandvine for enabling digital repression in Egypt

Surveillance tech: EU Commission failed to protect human rights in Africa

7 Dec 2022

Access Now supports the European Ombudsman’s findings that the EU failed to ensure the protection of human rights in the transfers of technology with potential surveillance capacity via the Emergency Trust Fund for Africa.

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Surveillance tech: EU Commission failed to protect human rights in Africa
7 Dec 2022
Surveillance tech: EU Commission failed to protect human rights in Africa
WEF spyware

Ruling finds EU’s assistance to Africa failed to ensure surveillance protections

6 Dec 2022
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Ruling finds EU’s assistance to Africa failed to ensure surveillance protections
6 Dec 2022
Ruling finds EU’s assistance to Africa failed to ensure surveillance protections
Image: Two Years in the dark is two years too long

Despite peace deal, Tigray still cut off from world as internet shutdown persists

5 Dec 2022
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Despite peace deal, Tigray still cut off from world as internet shutdown persists
5 Dec 2022
Despite peace deal, Tigray still cut off from world as internet shutdown persists
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‘No timeline’ for restoring internet to Tigray: Ethiopia minister

30 Nov 2022
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‘No timeline’ for restoring internet to Tigray: Ethiopia minister
30 Nov 2022
‘No timeline’ for restoring internet to Tigray: Ethiopia minister
Image: Two Years in the dark is two years too long

Ethiopia offers no date for end to blackout in Tigray region

29 Nov 2022
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Ethiopia offers no date for end to blackout in Tigray region
29 Nov 2022
Ethiopia offers no date for end to blackout in Tigray region
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Where to find Access Now at IGF 2022

17 Nov 2022

Access Now is participating in IGF 2022 from 28 November to 2 December. Here’s where to find us.

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Where to find Access Now at IGF 2022
17 Nov 2022
Where to find Access Now at IGF 2022