Tag: #WhyID
Access Now Grants: how we support the activists who defend our rights during conflict and crisis
In 2021, Access Now Grants supported grassroots, frontline, and feminist digital rights organizations and human rights defenders.
Biometric ID in Tunisia: a threat to privacy and data protection
Authorities in Tunisia have been deliberating over a biometric ID law that bears threats to the right to privacy & other fundamental rights.
Dictators in Egypt and Saudi Arabia love smart cities projects — here’s why
Here’s why “smart” cities projects are really surveillance projects — a dangerous tool for dictators.
Go back to the drawing board: Kenya must scrap unconstitutional Huduma Bill 2021
Civil society organizations are calling on the Kenyan parliament to immediately scrap the unconstitutional Huduma Bill 2021.
Public petition: withdraw the Huduma Bill 2021
Access Now joins civil society in petitioning the Kenyan parliament to scrap the Huduma Bill 2021.
منظمات وجمعيات حقوقية تدعو إلى عدم اعتماد مشروع إنجاز جواز السفر البيومتري وبطاقة التعريف البيومترية في تونس
.تعرب المنظمات والجمعيات الموقعة على هذا البيان عن رفضها مجدّداً لمشروع جواز السفر وبطاقة التعريف البيومتريين في تونس، وتدعو إلى سحبه وعدم اعتماده
Kenya’s data protection is not yet the shining example it could be
“Data protection in Kenya: how is this right protected?” explores steps for Kenyan authorities to develop a more effective Data Protection Act.
We need to talk about digital ID: why the World Bank must recognize the harm in Afghanistan and beyond
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund met this week. They didn’t discuss digital identity programs, even though the World Bank itself funds “Big ID” systems.
Busting the dangerous myths of Big ID programs: cautionary lessons from India
Big ID, bad idea: busting ID myths that are endangering human rights
Big ID programs — frequently involving biometric data collection — are being rolled out across the globe, and endangering human rights. Read Access Now’s new report.