Tag: Data Protection

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Where you can find Access Now at CPDP 2018

We look forward to connecting with you!…

17 January 2018

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Biometric ID vs. privacy: Tunisians win on privacy! But it’s not over yet.

Tunisians have won a major victory for privacy, beating back a proposal for a dangerous biometric ID. Here’s how it happened.…

11 January 2018

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Digital Security

A closer look at China’s Cybersecurity Law — cybersecurity, or something else?

The law not only undermines human rights, it is likely to make China’s internet less secure. …

13 December 2017

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Understanding China’s Cybersecurity Law: flawed by design

The law has been compared to Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, but it fails to safeguard the human rights of the people it’s supposed to protect.…

5 December 2017

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Artificial Intelligence: what are the issues for digital rights?

You may have a basic understanding of what AI is. But are you familiar with the issues it raises for your fundamental rights?…

24 October 2017

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Paraguay vetoes biometrics bill, but still needs better laws to protect data

To protect users’ privacy and digital security, Paraguay must pass comprehensive data protection regulation.…

4 October 2017

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Digital Security

Chile’s “Spy Decree” threatens to make data retention even more dangerous

A new data retention decree in Chile would deepen the existing problems with the law. …

3 October 2017

Publications

Civil society joint letter to the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners

28 September 2017

Press Releases

Freedom of Expression

Civil society global joint statement on the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners

Access Now joins a coalition of NGOs in calling for policies to enhance civil society participation in the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC) …

28 September 2017

Press Releases

Cross-border access to data: NGO position delivered to the Council of Europe

Our comments provide guidance on how to protect human rights when developing new rules on cross-border access to electronic evidence (“e-evidence”).…

18 September 2017

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Access Now testimony before EESC on “Exchanging and Protecting Personal Data in a Globalized World”

When data travels, protection should travel with it. Easier said than done; in reality legal protections don’t travel with us, let alone our personal data.…

8 September 2017

Publications

Access Now and Global Partners Digital brief: Navigating Human Rights in the Digital Environment: The ICDPPC

31 August 2017

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