Tag: Contact tracing

Who wins by linking Co-WIN to Aadhaar?
Access Now echoes the Rethink Aadhaar campaign’s serious privacy concerns around India’s Co-WIN app, and potential misuse of personal data.

Exposed and exploited: Data protection in the Middle East and North Africa
Access Now’s latest report, Exposed and exploited: Data protection in the Middle East and North Africa, explores how a lack of strong data protection in MENA countries is leaving people vulnerable to abuse and exploitation of their most personal information.

COVID’s viral tech tools: All Hail The Lockdown

To safeguard privacy, Tunisia must be transparent on tech used to fight COVID-19
Tunisians have the right to know how the government is safeguarding their personal data. Yet officials have not responded to our request for information on the E7mi contact-tracing app.

Why the draft health data management policy raises red flags about privacy

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.

4 rules to stop governments misusing COVID-19 tech after the crisis

Centralized or Decentralized, All Tracking Apps Fall Foul of the Same Vulnerability – User Error

Privacy and public health: the dos and don’ts for COVID-19 contact tracing apps
Our checklist aims to help governments and developers that are considering or implementing COVID-19 contact tracing apps make decisions that will protect privacy.
