Tag: Privacy
Access Now in the News
Rights groups join Facebook in lawsuit against Israeli NSO Group
Middle East Eye
24 December 2020
Blog
Instead of banning facial recognition, some governments in Latin America want to make it official
Buenos Aires, Brasilia, and Uruguay are pushing for use of facial recognition systems for “public security,” seeking to authorize the invasive and harmful use of mass surveillance tools. Civil society must fight back.…
16 December 2020
Blog
Raising the alarm: online tracking harms human rights
The EU is launching the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act. These two key pieces of legislation will impact the future of digital policies and rights online, specifically in relation to online platforms and competition, including the regulation of online advertising.…
14 December 2020
Blog
Fighting systemic racism in the digital age: a global challenge
On Human Rights Day of 2020, we highlight the mandate of E. Tendayi Achiume, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to fight systematic racism.…
9 December 2020
Blog
Reporte del Consejo de Europa: ¿protegen la privacidad las tecnologías utilizadas en Argentina, México y Uruguay?
El 12 de octubre, el Consejo de Europa publicó el reporte “Soluciones digitales en la lucha contra el Covid” que analiza las medidas adoptadas por los países firmantes del Convenio 108 y 108+ sobre protección de datos personales entre los que se encuentra Argentina, México y Uruguay. Las conclusiones que se pueden extraer de dicho análisis evidencian la necesidad de retomar la agenda en materia de privacidad y protección de datos en América Latina.…
2 November 2020
Blog
Internet censorship in Tanzania: the price of free expression online keeps getting higher
The government has replaced bad regulations with new ones that enable the same kind of harmful internet censorship in Tanzania. Not only does the new law stifle free expression, it allows the government to profit from ratcheting up online censorship and control.…
22 October 2020
Access Now in the News
Safeguarding without Snooping
Nick Dowson, New Internationalist
20 October 2020
Press Releases
UNGA 75 Side Event: COVID-19, Surveillance, and the Right to Privacy
The United National General Assembly 75th session is in full swing, and digital rights are taking centre stage at “Protecting Human Rights During the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond: Digital Pandemic Surveillance and the Right to Privacy” co-organized by Access Now.…
2 October 2020
Press Releases
Future EU-US data transfers? EU must push back on the US’s surveillance game
Access Now and the American Civil Liberties Union are calling on the European Commission to press the United States to reform its surveillance laws, so that any future instrument for EU-US data transfers complies with EU law and withstands judicial scrutiny. …
1 October 2020
Blog
Watch: Access Now’s Joseph Steele addresses 75th United Nations General Assembly
In a U.N. meeting on protecting future generations in the digital era, Steele urged global stakeholders to cease exploitative data collection, renew the commitment to bring everyone meaningfully online, and stop internet shutdowns and unlawful censorship.…
23 September 2020
Blog
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.…
16 September 2020
Blog
Pandemics, protests, and power in digital spaces: the 44th U.N. Human Rights Council Session in review
In the context of COVID-19 and a wave of protests across the globe, the U.N. Human Rights Council held its 44th session. Here’s our read-out on the reports and resolutions that are key for defending digital rights around the world.…
26 August 2020
Blog
Can we move beyond the AI hype to defend human rights?
Debunking AI myths may help us avoid blind techno-solutionism, to craft evidence-based public policy that supports AI uptake only when machine-learning systems are actually fit-for-purpose, and center and respect people and their rights.…
13 August 2020