Tag: Data privacy

G-7 privacy regulators aim to ease turbulent international data flows

Access Now’s statement on Myanmar during the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar’s Oral Progress Report

Empty promises? Declaration for Future of the Internet is nice on paper
The Declaration for the Future of the Internet makes a lot of big promises — Will States follow through on their commitments?

Access Now’s statement on Myanmar at the U.N. Human Rights Council
Myanmar’s military is engaged in a digital coup, and the international community must act. We spoke at the United Nations on Myanmar during the 49th session of the Human Rights Council to offer our recommendations.

Veto the SIM Card Registration Bill, Protect Fundamental Human Rights
Civil society calls on Philippine president Duterte to veto the mandatory sim card registration bill.

The whole world’s watching: resist Myanmar’s digital coup
Civil society is calling on the international community to stand with the people of Myanmar and resist the coup — both physical and digital.

Apple taking pause after civil society calls to shelve on-device image hash scanning
Apple’s plan to implement client-side scanning is not a viable or proportionate solution to Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) online. The plan circumvents end-to-end encryption and puts everyone’s privacy and security at risk by reducing individuals’ control over their own devices.

To protect human rights, identify and disrupt Australia’s “hacking bill”

Access Now urges Apple to restore trust by rolling back plans to circumvent end-to-end encryption on its devices
Apple’s plan to implement client-side scanning is not a viable or proportionate solution to Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) online. The plan circumvents end-to-end encryption and puts everyone’s privacy and security at risk by reducing individuals’ control over their own devices.

Access Now on India’s plan to regulate “non-personal” data: protect personal data first
India should pursue plans to govern “non-personal” data only after a comprehensive personal data protection and privacy law has been enacted, and a truly independent and strong regulator has been put in place.