Practical Insights on data protection

6 Insights on African National Data Protection and Security Practices

6 Insights on African National Data Protection and Security Practices

Published on: Jul 10 2024 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 6 Insights on African National Data Protection and Security Practices
The Africa Privacy Report encapsulates the outcomes of research endeavors conducted by the Lawyers Hub, focusing on the dynamic landscape of privacy and data protection...
5 Priority Outcomes for UNHCR Digital Transformation Strategy

5 Priority Outcomes for UNHCR Digital Transformation Strategy

Published on: Aug 30 2023 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 5 Priority Outcomes for UNHCR Digital Transformation Strategy
The UNHCR Digital Transformation Strategy provides a unified vision and approach to realizing the rights of refugees to digital inclusion and protection as well...
Applying US Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights to African Countries

Applying US Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights to African Countries

Published on: Dec 08 2022 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Applying US Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights to African Countries
Regulation of artificial intelligence is the need of the hour. The release of The Blueprint for An AI Bill of Rights (AIBoR) by the US White House Office of Science...
Unsafe National Biometric Data Collection in 23 African Countries

Unsafe National Biometric Data Collection in 23 African Countries

Published on: Nov 16 2022 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Unsafe National Biometric Data Collection in 23 African Countries
In assessing the various laws and policies, CIPESA’s new report – Privacy Imperilled: Analysis of Surveillance, Encryption and Data Localisation Laws in...
5 Key Takeaways from InterAction’s New Disinformation Toolkit 2.0

5 Key Takeaways from InterAction’s New Disinformation Toolkit 2.0

Published on: Feb 09 2022 by Adam Fivenson - Comments Off on 5 Key Takeaways from InterAction’s New Disinformation Toolkit 2.0
  Journalist and Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa captured the essential nature of the threat that the rising tide of mis- and disinformation poses in her recent...
ICRC Cyber Attack is Our Constituent Data Management Nightmare

ICRC Cyber Attack is Our Constituent Data Management Nightmare

Published on: Jan 26 2022 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
A sophisticated cyber security attack against International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) servers last week exposed sensitive personally identifiable information...
What Are Your Thoughts on Health Data Governance Principles?

What Are Your Thoughts on Health Data Governance Principles?

Published on: Nov 25 2021 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on What Are Your Thoughts on Health Data Governance Principles?
Over the last several decades, the collection and use of health data have grown in complexity and have become increasingly indivisible from the operation of health...
How SADC Government Cybersecurity Laws Impact Human Rights

How SADC Government Cybersecurity Laws Impact Human Rights

Published on: Nov 17 2021 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on How SADC Government Cybersecurity Laws Impact Human Rights
It is now axiomatic that the mass diffusion of the internet and its ancillary digital technologies have created an alternative space for the widespread and ‘unrestricted’...
5 Ways We Get Survey Participants To Opt Out of Data Collection

5 Ways We Get Survey Participants To Opt Out of Data Collection

Published on: Oct 28 2021 by Laura Scanlon - Comments Off on 5 Ways We Get Survey Participants To Opt Out of Data Collection
Over the years, we’ve found that one specific area of the research life cycle – informed consent – needs serious improvement. The consent process...
What Digital Technology Systems Are Procured by African Governments?

What Digital Technology Systems Are Procured by African Governments?

Published on: Oct 14 2021 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
What does the public know about transparency and safeguards in the procurement and deployment of Digital Technology Systems in Africa, including biometric identification,...
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