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Bodily harms: how AI and biometrics curtail human rights

Bodily harms: mapping the risks of emerging biometric tech

16 Oct 2023

Access Now’s paper on how biometric technologies are becoming increasingly interwoven into our everyday lives, and how AI is driving the adoption of ableist technologies that marginalize anyone who doesn’t fit into their definition of a “normal” body.

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Bodily harms: mapping the risks of emerging biometric tech
16 Oct 2023
Bodily harms: mapping the risks of emerging biometric tech
Bodily harms: how AI and biometrics curtail human rights

Bodily harms: how AI and biometrics curtail human rights

16 Oct 2023

Biometric technologies are becoming increasingly interwoven into our everyday lives. A new Access Now report explores how AI is driving the adoption of ableist technologies that marginalize anyone who doesn’t fit into their definition of a “normal” body.

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Bodily harms: how AI and biometrics curtail human rights
16 Oct 2023
Bodily harms: how AI and biometrics curtail human rights
Civil society call: Terminate agreements on migrants’ biometric data

Civil society demands the termination of agreements on the cross-border processing of migrants’ biometric data

23 Mar 2023

he US, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: terminate the agreements on cross-border transfers of migrants’ biometric data.

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Civil society demands the termination of agreements on the cross-border processing of migrants’ biometric data
23 Mar 2023
Civil society demands the termination of agreements on the cross-border processing of migrants’ biometric data
Exigimos que las personas puedan #MigrarSinVigilancia: ¡No a la recolección e intercambio masivo de datos biométricos de personas migrantes!|Exigimos que las personas puedan #MigrarSinVigilancia: ¡No a la recolección e intercambio masivo de datos biométricos de personas migrantes!

Joint statement: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and the United States must terminate their agreements on cross-border transfers of migrants’ biometric data

23 Mar 2023

Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and the US must terminate their agreements on cross-border transfers of migrants’ biometric data.

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Joint statement: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and the United States must terminate their agreements on cross-border transfers of migrants’ biometric data
23 Mar 2023
Joint statement: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and the United States must terminate their agreements on cross-border transfers of migrants’ biometric data
India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Bill

Why Kenyans should say no to biometrics for SIM card registry

30 Jun 2022

Your Kenya SIM card should not come with a demand for your personal biometrics.

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Why Kenyans should say no to biometrics for SIM card registry
30 Jun 2022
Why Kenyans should say no to biometrics for SIM card registry
India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Bill passed: “it’s a bad law”

India’s Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill jeopardizes privacy — it must not be enforced

6 Apr 2022

The Parliament of India has passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill which will jeopardize privacy and expand the scope for surveillance — it must not be enforced.

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India’s Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill jeopardizes privacy — it must not be enforced
6 Apr 2022
India’s Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill jeopardizes privacy — it must not be enforced
Tunisia biometric passports

منظمات وجمعيات حقوقية تدعو إلى عدم اعتماد مشروع إنجاز جواز السفر البيومتري وبطاقة التعريف البيومترية في تونس

24 Jan 2022

.تعرب المنظمات والجمعيات الموقعة على هذا البيان عن رفضها مجدّداً لمشروع جواز السفر وبطاقة التعريف البيومتريين في تونس، وتدعو إلى سحبه وعدم اعتماده

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منظمات وجمعيات حقوقية تدعو إلى عدم اعتماد مشروع إنجاز جواز السفر البيومتري وبطاقة التعريف البيومترية في تونس
24 Jan 2022
منظمات وجمعيات حقوقية تدعو إلى عدم اعتماد مشروع إنجاز جواز السفر البيومتري وبطاقة التعريف البيومترية في تونس

Can Biden build the internet back better?

20 Jan 2022

One year after Joe Biden became President of the United States, has he made progress on digital rights? It’s a mixed bag.

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Can Biden build the internet back better?
20 Jan 2022
Can Biden build the internet back better?
mitos big ID human rights

Busting the dangerous myths of Big ID programs: cautionary lessons from India

5 Oct 2021
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Busting the dangerous myths of Big ID programs: cautionary lessons from India
5 Oct 2021
Busting the dangerous myths of Big ID programs: cautionary lessons from India
mitos big ID human rights

Big ID, bad idea: busting ID myths that are endangering human rights

5 Oct 2021

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.

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Big ID, bad idea: busting ID myths that are endangering human rights
5 Oct 2021
Big ID, bad idea: busting ID myths that are endangering human rights