4. Governance Concerns

According to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (‘UN Guiding Principles’), companies should respect human rights, meaning they should avoid infringing on the human rights of others, and should address adverse human rights impacts with which they are involved (UN Guiding Principle 11).

Once you have a good understanding of how a technology works, you may then need to assess its various privacy and data protection implications. To do so, we have outlined here some general aspects of data processing that you can run through to identify any concerns.

Another important aspect of assessing the governance of a public-private partnership requires analysing any accountability and oversight mechanisms in place, including any mechanisms through which the partnership was first established (e.g. public procurement processes).

These checklists will help you to look at whether the data protection, privacy, and accountability involved in the partnership are adequate.