Tag: Digital ID

Our new report, Mapping Humanitarian Tech: exposing protection gaps in digital transformation programmes, examines how humanitarian-tech partnerships impact people and communities at risk.

Tunisia’s Mobile ID program is opaque and risks undermining users’ data protection and privacy. The government must share details of the program to foster trust and transparency.

For the second year in a row, the World Bank is leaving digital identity programs off the agenda for its annual summit. Here’s why we need urgent action to stop further human rights abuse, exclusion, marginalization, and surveillance.

Here’s why “smart” cities projects are really surveillance projects — a dangerous tool for dictators.

Access Now and a coalition of human rights organizations call for withdrawing the project on biometric passports and ID cards in Tunisia.

“Data protection in Kenya: how is this right protected?” explores steps for Kenyan authorities to develop a more effective Data Protection Act.

Big ID programs threaten our human rights yet are spreading like wildfire around the world. To buck the trend, we need to debunk the myths that propel digital ID systems forward.

Access Now and 20+ organizations are calling on the government of Mexico to halt the mandatory Unique Digital Identity Card (CUID) project.