Tag: Data Protection

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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

Blog

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

Blog

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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Business and Human Rights

Access Now calls on 22 major tech companies to account for their human rights practices

We’re working with Ranking Digital Rights to make sure the companies tracked in the Corporate Accountability Index respond and take steps to protect your rights.…

17 September 2018

Blog

Brazil president approves data protection bill — but vetoes key accountability measures

President Temer signed Brazil’s first piece of data protection legislation into law — but only after vetoing important provisions aimed at holding data processors accountable and ensuring the law is effectively implemented.…

16 August 2018

Blog

Update: India moves forward on privacy and data protection for the next billion

India has taken a first step in creating a data protection framework, announcing draft legislation for the world’s second-largest internet user population.…

27 July 2018

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