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online gender based violence a privacy issue

#IWD2019 Online gender-based violence: a privacy matter?

For International Women’s Day 2019, Privacy International looks at some of the key themes around the intersection of gender rights and the right to privacy and we review the work we and our partners have done on those topics. When dealing with cases of non-consensual sharing of intimate images

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We Need to Fix the ‘Data Wild West’

During the last World Economic Forum in Davos, the CEO of Microsoft joined the chorus of voices calling for new global privacy rules, saying the following in regard to the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): “My own point of view is that it's a fantastic start in treating privacy

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Carolina: “You are legal, but on the other hand you’re not.”

In September 2018, Privacy International interviewed people in Santiago, Chile who had faced problems from the Chilean ID system, known as the RUT.

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Liliana: “If you don’t have RUT, you can’t do it.”

Photo credit: Douglas Fernandes

The exclusion caused by ID can have a devastating effect on people, limiting their opportunities and ability to survive. In September 2018, Privacy International interviewed people in Santiago, Chile who had faced problems from the Chilean ID system, known as the RUT

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Exclusion and identity: life without ID

Photo credit: Francisco Javier Argel Questions of identification and ID, with their associated privacy risks, are only increasing. There are multiple dimensions to understanding the impact of ID and identification; a key one is to understand how it can exclude. This is why Privacy International is

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International Women's Day 2018 - A Day in the Life of Women, As Told by Their Data

To mark International Women’s Day 2018, Privacy International and some of our partner organisations - Datos Protegidos , Derechos Digitales , the National Coalition for Human Rights Defenders-Kenya , the Karisma Foundation , and the Foundation for Media Alternatives – are telling the stories of

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7th March 2018

A day in the life of Carolina, a 34-year-old cis woman living in downtown Santiago

1st December 2017

Chilean Government To Subject Citizens To American Surveillance Apparatus

29th October 2015

We've come a long, long way together: building coalitions around the right to privacy

4th July 2013

What Do Constitutional Privacy Protections Look Like Around The World?

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Chile postpones launch of immunity passport over discrimination concerns

In mid-May, the Chilean health minister, Jame Mañalich, postponed the planned launch that would have made the country the first in the world to issue “immunity passports” on the basis that it could trigger discrimination in the job market. The decision was approved by experts from the Chilean

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El Derecho a la Privacidad en Chile

Este informe es presentado por Derechos Digitales, Ciudadano Inteligente, Fundación ProAcceso y Privacy International. Derechos Digitales es una organización no gubernamental de defensa, promoción y desarrollo de los derechos humanos en el entorno digital. Ciudadano Inteligente es una organización dedicada a fortalecer la democracia y reducir la desigualdad a través de la transparencia y la participación ciudadana. Fundación ProAcceso se dedica a la defensa del derecho de acceso a la información pública como un derecho fundamental. Privacy International es una organización de derechos humanos que trabaja en fomentar y promover el derecho a la privacidad y combatir la vigilancia alrededor del mundo.

Las organizaciones antes mencionadas desean manifestar sus preocupaciones sobre el derecho a la privacidad, y otros derechos fundamentales relacionados con éste. Estos temas no fueron abordados en revisiones anteriores del Estado chileno, y deseamos sean puestas a consideración en la sesión 32 del Grupo de Trabajo del Examen Periódico Universal (EPU).