Tag: biometric surveillance

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Myanmar CCTV camera

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Track and target: FAQ on Myanmar CCTV cameras and facial recognition

The military junta in Myanmar is rolling out China-made CCTV cameras with facial recognition capabilities to intensify surveillance against the people.…

3 August 2022

Amazon: terminen contrato HART

Press Releases

Digital Identity

Civil society to Amazon: Terminate your contract to host dangerous U.S. DHS biometric database

Access Now and a coalition of rights organizations urge Amazon Web Services to end its HART database contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.…

24 May 2022

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Dictators in Egypt and Saudi Arabia love smart cities projects — here’s why

Here’s why “smart” cities projects are really surveillance projects — a dangerous tool for dictators.…

1 March 2022

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Stop normalizing mass surveillance in Latin America

Foreign companies are bringing mass surveillance tech to Latin America and the general public seems to think that’s okay. Here’s why it’s not.…

4 February 2022

Tunisia biometric passports

Press Releases

Digital Identity

Human rights organizations call for dropping the draft bill introducing biometric passports and ID cards in Tunisia

Access Now and a coalition of human rights organizations call for withdrawing the project on biometric passports and ID cards in Tunisia. …

31 January 2022

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Can Biden build the internet back better?

One year after Joe Biden became President of the United States, has he made progress on digital rights? It’s a mixed bag.…

20 January 2022

European Ombudsman surveillance

Press Releases

European Ombudsman responds to NGOs’ complaint, investigates EU’s facilitation of Africa’s surveillance network

In a win for human rights, the European Ombudsman is investigating the EU’s support for African countries to develop surveillance capabilities.…

15 December 2021

mitos big ID human rights

Report

Digital Identity

Busting the dangerous myths of Big ID programs: cautionary lessons from India

This report turns to India’s Aadhaar Big ID program to bust some of the most common myths around Big ID programs, and underline their dangers.

5 October 2021

mitos big ID human rights

Press Releases

Digital Identity

Big ID, bad idea: busting ID myths that are endangering human rights

Big ID programs — frequently involving biometric data collection — are being rolled out across the globe, and endangering human rights. Read Access Now’s new report.…

5 October 2021

mitos big ID human rights

Press Releases

Digital Identity

India’s Aadhaar proves Big ID is still a bad idea

Despite all the propaganda in favour of it, Aadhaar, India’s Big ID program, has had a disastrous impact on the lives of millions. Read Access Now’s new report.…

5 October 2021

Access Now in the News

Major surveillance firms are ‘gifting’ tools to find a foothold in Latin America

Leo Schwartz, Rest of World

12 August 2021

Press Releases

Made abroad, deployed at home: new report unpacks the shocking state of mass surveillance in Latin America

Leer en español / Ler em português. Today, August 9, Access Now, the Laboratory of Public Policy and Internet (LAPIN), Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC), and LaLibre.net (Tecnologías Comunitarias) are illuminating the shadowy mass surveillance industry in Latin America. The…

8 August 2021

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Surveillance Tech in Latin America: Made Abroad, Deployed at Home

Leer en español / Ler em português Tools to identify, single out, and track us everywhere we go are inherently incompatible with our human rights and civil liberties. Unfortunately, many Latin American governments are eagerly purchasing this technology and ramping…

8 August 2021

Access Now in the News

Europe makes the case to ban biometric surveillance

Matt Burgess, Wired

7 July 2021

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