Tag: Data Protection

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In Tunisia, an open debate on data protection and the right to access information

Our joint event with UNESCO gathered stakeholders including civil society, members of parliament, and international experts to discuss protecting data and the right to access information in Tunisia.…

8 November 2018

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Freedom of Expression

Your data used against you: reports of manipulation on WhatsApp ahead of Brazil’s election

Ahead of presidential elections on Sunday, Brazil is experiencing a scandal involving misuse of data for political manipulation. How do we protect users’ rights and defend free democratic discourse?…

26 October 2018

Press Releases

The GDPR Today – Stats, news, and tools to make data protection a reality

The project is an online hub for staying up-to-date on the new EU data protection law, the General Data Protection Regulation.…

25 October 2018

Press Releases

Freedom of Expression

Civil society calls for evidence-based solutions to disinformation

Human and digital rights organisations published a joint report evaluating the European Commission’s online disinformation and propaganda initiatives.…

19 October 2018

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Panama: civil society demands an open process for rushed Data Protection Bill

Access Now and other civil society organizations are urging lawmakers in Panama to suspend voting on a new data protection bill to include civil society in the debate.…

10 October 2018

Press Releases

Digital Security

Google’s failure to disclose data sharing incident breaches users’ trust

Regardless of the legal standards at play in this incident, it is imperative that users are notified of any security breach that may implicate our rights and interests. Google failed to do that.…

9 October 2018

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India’s draft data protection bill needs to do more to stack up against global standards

On 15 data protection policy-making metrics, we found that the Srikrishna Committee output passed muster on four principles.…

3 October 2018

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Data protection in the United States: A proposed framework

These are the elements necessary to fully protect people, in the U.S. and elsewhere, in our increasingly connected world.…

1 October 2018

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Supreme Court of India rules to restrict world’s largest digital identity framework (Aadhaar) — but debate continues

The Supreme Court of India has ruled on multiple challenges raised against the Aadhaar digital ID, making key restrictions. …

26 September 2018

Press Releases

At U.S. Congressional hearing on data privacy, foxes agree that hen house must be guarded

Today the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing to consider data privacy and the potential for new legislation to protect consumers. …

26 September 2018

Blog

The U.S. might (finally) be ready for federal privacy legislation. Let’s make sure it protects us.

We explain why the time may be ripe for a federal data privacy law, and why that means that the users should engage in the debate.…

20 September 2018

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Lo bueno, lo malo y lo mejorable: Nuevo proyecto de ley de protección de datos en Argentina

Access Now presenta un estudio que compara dicho proyecto con el GDPR en base a nuestra Guía para los legisladores sobre qué hacer y qué no en materia de protección de datos.…

17 September 2018

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