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The US have issued their first gender X passport! This is fantastic news for many people https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/27/us-passport-x-gender-designation-first
🤓 To find out more about the concerns with ID for trans people around the world, read our report on the topic: https://www.privacyinternational.org/long-read/4372/my-id-my-identity-impact-id-systems-transgender-people-argentina-france-and

The Covid-19 pandemic raised privacy issues due to the scale of the data collection.

At #PrivacySymposiumAfrica this panel (featuring our @alexandrinepdec) will engage in an in-depth discussion.

#PSA2021

https://nitter.net/UnwantedWitness/status/1448540418124222466

Today we launch this work with our first analysis on MOSIP which is an open source, open standards based foundational identity platform.

https://privacyinternational.org/case-study/4657/id-systems-analysed-mosip

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ID systems are the gatekeepers to access an increasingly-wide range of goods and services, resulting in potential limitation of the exercise of a range of human rights.

👉 https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4472/exclusion-design-how-national-id-systems-make-social-protection-inaccessible

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National digital ID schemes can take various forms: some rely on biometrics, some are open source, some are proprietary, some are linked to citizenship, some link to birth registration, some link to voter rolls and some give everyone a unique identifying number.

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Learn more about how different approaches to developing such systems and their features can impact the lives of those relying on them.

Full analysis here 👉 https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4656/digital-national-id-systems-ways-shapes-and-forms

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Sadly not the first time we learn of @Facebook's failures to uphold their own standards.

Earlier this year we found staggering inequalities in enforcement of political ads transparency policies in Brazil and Indonesia.

Read more 👇
https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/4370/online-political-ads-study-inequality-transparency-standards https://nitter.net/restofworld/status/1453296162526609417

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Highly recommend reading this piece from @elpaisinenglish about anti-abortion tactics in the Americas.

We did our own research into how anti-abortion activism is exploiting data, which is here 👇
https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3096/how-anti-abortion-activism-exploiting-data https://nitter.net/IWMF/status/1452662484855369728

In April this year we showed that some companies selling diet products use online quizzes to collect sensitive personal data and share it w/o consent with third parties.

5 months later this is still largely true... https://www.privacyinternational.org/long-read/4603/unhealthy-diet-targeted-ads-investigation-how-diet-industry-exploits-our-data

🚨Hearing is TOMORROW🚨

The outrageous charges against Assange criminalise and endanger journalists around the world.

They must be dropped. https://nitter.net/wikileaks/status/1452937032708333572

The @AfricaPrivacy symposium will include also trainings and workshops.

Don't miss this one, facilitated by our own @LucieCAudibert!

#PSA2021

https://nitter.net/AfricaPrivacy/status/1451188733340835868

A victory against #surveillance: a Swiss court has confirmed that messaging services cannot be considered as telecom providers in 🇨🇭.
As a result, they are not subject to the data retention requirements imposed on them, reports @fourmeux. https://nitter.net/fourmeux/status/1452571310224289795

Diet ads can be deceptive in their own right, but sharing your personal data is never something you'd expect when taking an online diet quiz 🤬

Read our updated research into how diet companies can collect and share your data (and the change it created!)
https://www.privacyinternational.org/long-read/4603/unhealthy-diet-targeted-ads-investigation-how-diet-industry-exploits-our-data

#SmartCities are described as efficient and effective. But are they really improving the lives of their citizens?

Don't miss this panel at @AfricaPrivacy feat. our own @Arcadian_O, our partner @adcderechos and many more!

Register here: https://bit.ly/3FiUamq
#PSA2021

Back in March we exposed how some diet ads were using tests to collect sensitive personal data and share it with third parties.

We've observed positive change by @betterme but @noom and @Vshred_ have failed to address our concerns. To learn more 👇

https://www.privacyinternational.org/long-read/4603/unhealthy-diet-targeted-ads-investigation-how-diet-industry-exploits-our-data

We're very proud to be supporting the upcoming 3rd #PrivacySymposiumAfrica next 3-5 November 2021, organised by our partner @UnwantedWitness!

Find out more at @AfricaPrivacy!
Register here: https://bit.ly/3FiUamq

#PSA2021

Congratulations to all participants and winners of the #GoodID awards, celebrating impactful work to improve digital identity for all.

We're also particularly glad to see partners and colleagues recognised - here's a short thread!
https://www.good-id.org/en/awards/2021/

First of all, congratulations to our partner @StrathCIPIT for the Privacy Community Champion award!

Find out more about their work:
https://nitter.net/GoodID/status/1451196812556062720

... and our colleague @TomSamaki was runner-up in the Privacy category!

Here's what he thinks about the recognition of the work of so many people and communities in the #GoodID awards:
https://nitter.net/GoodID/status/1451189904147300368