Tag: National Digital Identity Program

Blog

Internet access, digital ID, data protection, surveillance controls: UPR review highlights threats to digital rights

In our UPR comments with partner organizations, we recommend steps to ensure secure, open, equitable internet access, defend privacy and digital security in digital ID programs, strengthen data protection, and limit surveillance.…

15 October 2019

Blog

Privacy

Review of action on digital rights in India’s Parliament shows opportunity for more engagement

We hope to see India’s Parliament increase the substance and quantity of initiatives for protecting Indians’ digital rights.…

15 October 2019

Access Now in the News

Privacy

As Aadhaar’s idea spreads from Kenya to Venezuela, we still need to ask – Why ID?

As centralized and ubiquitous digital identity programs proliferate across the globe, Access Now’s Naman Aggarwal asks: why isn’t the world learning from the Indian experience?

27 September 2019

Publications

Privacy

National Digital Identity Programmes: What’s next?

Access Now has deep concerns about any initiative to legally mandate a centralised national digital identity programme as they pose significant risks for human rights.…

4 June 2018