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Exclusionary and discriminatory patterns built into ID systems can easily be replicated, and amplified, when ID is made a requirement to access basic public services.

Read our examples from India, Kenya, and Uganda...

Last week for #TransDayOfVisibility we shared:
☑️ a long-read on the the impact of ID systems on their lives https://www.privacyinternational.org/long-read/4372/my-id-my-identity-impact-id-systems-transgender-people-argentina-france-and
☑️ background of research by @CodingRights on the effects of...

Not sure what data protection is about? How it can help protect you and you rights? Or what a data protection law should include?

👉 Then check out our guide to #DataProtection to support your efforts to demand safeguards that protect people! 🤓

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Working with the Harvard Law Clinic, we looked the key cases including in #India, #Jamaica, #Mauritius where national ID systems are being challenged in courts!

Find out more in our "Guide to Litigating Identity Systems"...

Only a few days left to apply to join us in the role of Legal Officer to join us!

Deadline: 9 April 2021

More details on our website: https://privacyinternational.org/opportunities/4458/legal-officer

Vaccination is part of the solution out of the #COVID19 pandemic but the cost of this must not be the roll-out of inappropriate and exclusionary digital ID that will make these inequalities permanent and entrenched in law.

Find out why we are concerned:...

The Solidarity Income program was implemented by the Colombian govt in less than 2 weeks, relying on more than thirty opaque public and private databases in order to select those eligible for financial support.

Scary? We agree.
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The Colombian govt rushed to implement an automated system to identify citizens in need of financial aid on the basis of undisclosed selection criteria.

@Karisma analyses this program and its potential consequences...

🔐 💉 In some countries, access to the #COVID19 vaccine requires the presentation of ID.

This requirement can reinforce and further entrench existing inequalities and exclusions.

Read how...

The Solidarity Income implemented in Colombia is an example of a rushed technological solution that risks cutting people's access to social benefits.

Read @Karisma's analysis of this program to better understand how this is likely to happen...

Good gender recognition laws do not end transphobia but they are a step in the right direction and make life easier for trans people.

Find out how it works in Argentina by reading our discussion with @mariarachid the law's author...

El nuevo informe de @adcderechos presenta un primer análisis de la normativa de protección de datos personales en relación al uso de las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones en la atención médica #ehealth en #Argentina 🏥 https://nitter.net/adcderechos/status/1377263263738658817

Brazil has been using facial recognition in more and more places including to verify identity to access public services but in a survey @codingrights found that 92.5% of trans people believed facial recognition can contribute to their stigmatization #TransDayOfVisibility

Find out more!

You can read it here in English: https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/4474/threats-usage-facial-recognition-technologies-authenticating-transgender

And here in Portuguese:...

Our partners at @Karisma are digging into this initiative that risks leaving beneficiaries without much needed aid.

Read more about this social policy and the problems it brings for building a fairer society...

Rushing technological innovation to address social issues can backfire.

In Colombia, the government has set up an unconditional cash transfer system for 3 million citizens – the Solidarity Income. This was implemented in just two weeks.

🚨 NEW: Job Opportunity 🚨

We are looking to recruit a Legal Officer to join us!

Deadline: 9 April 2021

More details on our website: https://privacyinternational.org/opportunities/4458/legal-officer

Today: "Investigating Frontex: How a reporting team put an EU super-agency in the spotlight"

Join @LHreports and @migration_tech in this fascinating conversation.

You can register here: https://bit.ly/investigating-frontex

The Philippines have no gender recognition law and a “super-ID” about to get rolled out. We spoke to @NaomiFontanos to find out about the implications this ID could have on trans people’s lives #TransDayOfVisibility...

Today is #TransDayOfVisibility - you can find the work we do to help protect trans people here: https://privacyinternational.org/learn/gender