Tag: Centralized databases
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Mexico’s president can prevent a privacy disaster: veto the new biometric mobile phone registry
››Leer la versión en español. Update: On April 16, 2021, Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador approved the decree to implement a mobile phone registry. The decree establishes that concessionaires and permit holders will collect data, and the Federal Telecommunications…
16 April 2021
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COVID-19 contact-tracing apps in MENA: a privacy nightmare
At the outbreak of the COVID-19 global pandemic, a number of countries in the MENA region turned to technology to help track and prevent the spread of the virus, using apps, drones, and even robots to monitor the movement of citizens under quarantine.…
18 June 2020