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… implemented are leading to new forms of surveillance and exclusion globally. Watch our Identity Crisis video, in … the world are leading to new forms of surveillance and exclusion. Last September, PI and its global network of … our partners have seen ID systems creating and facilitating exclusion, insecurity, and surveillance. To learn more, …
Content type: Case Study
… services. This initiative, primarily justified at avoiding exclusion from social programs, can very well have the opposite effect and contribute to systemic exclusion, especially in poorer rural contexts where the … as "the most complete photo album in Peru". Potentially exclusionary assignment of 'Voting Groups' Another factor …
Content type: Advocacy
… support the uptake of systems that enable surveillance, exclusion, and discrimination against vulnerable and … protections are weak or there is a heightened risk of exclusion. Enforce greater transparency about activities of …
Content type: Advocacy
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Nosotros, las organizaciones de la sociedad civil y los individuos abajo firmantes, instamos al Banco Mundial y a otras organizaciones internacionales a que tomen medidas inmediatas para cesar las actividades que promueven modelos perjudiciales de sistemas de identificación digital (ID digital).
Los firmantes de esta carta se encuentran en diferentes países, trabajan con diversas comunidades y aportan una amplia gama de conocimientos. Entre este grupo, hay muchas…
Content type: News & Analysis
… system, and the Kenyan High Court specified risks of exclusion as a result of biometric failures as well as other … with the systems which may help identify risks of exclusion and discrimination, i.e. pre-requisites for … deployed and be required, which may help identify risks of exclusion as well as data exploitation, surveillance and …
Content type: Video
… for enjoying fundamental rights and freedoms and a tool for exclusion. Individuals and groups, especially marginalized …
Content type: Case Study
… it's in fact them identification, potentially leading to exclusion. But how can the system overseeing authority tweak … of abuse over the years, including massive data leaks, exclusion from access to benefits and even issues around … even bank details were leaked alongside Aadhaar numbers. Exclusion The Indian government has also made enrolment in …
Content type: Long Read
… However, making these digital only raises concerns about exclusion and discrimination because of the well-documented … them into the design of such initiatives. Long Read Exclusion by design: how national ID systems make social … a national digital ID to access social rights led "to mass exclusion, shutting out as many as one third of Uganda's …
Content type: Case Study
… MOSIP's documentation, there have been concerns regarding exclusion through language in Morocco's implementation of …
Content type: Long Read
… that come from the implementation of such systems, notably: Exclusion - People can be excluded from accessing some … , which abrases people's hands and fingertips. Similarly, exclusion is likely to happen if someone ends up with an ID … of abuse over the years including massive data leaks, exclusion from access to benefits and even issues around …
Content type: Advocacy
… profiling at scale, is therefore a great cause for concern. Exclusion: Despite the presentation of the purpose of this …
Content type: News & Analysis
… appear on the card, and also there have been huge issues of exclusion with women unable to obtain an ID card, amongst … deemed a success, it brought with it huge concerns about exclusion, as it required the presentation of the e-Tazkira …
Content type: Advocacy
… so despite the numerous risks in terms of discrimination, exclusion, and normalisation of processing and surveillance … applications and will constitute yet another tool for exclusion and discrimination with the inherent implications … vaccination schemes that do not perpetuate and reinforce exclusionary and discriminatory practices and policies which …
Content type: News & Analysis
… England, Scotland and Wales will lead to discrimination and exclusion. Key points Proposed legislation would make it a … to vote. That only highlights the levels of risks of exclusion with the UK legislation. Democracy is about more …
Content type: Long Read
… to reducing the lifelong consequences of poverty and exclusion. Programmes like cash transfers – including child … of country case studies from where one can observe these exclusionary consequences. Shortcomings revealed: social … in the digitisation of India’s food security programme: the exclusion of married women of Odisha Even after local …
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… in a database – is to entrench identities, and often exclusion. We have seen that play out for ethnic Somali … or outright refusals to be granted one, result in economic exclusion, social isolation and missed opportunities: ID … identify beneficiaries. Naturally, this has resulted in the exclusion of vulnerable populations – an issue that is now …
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La mayoría de los documentos nacionales de identidad y demás documentos emitidos por autoridades estatales incluyen un marcador de género. Estos marcadores suelen recibir el nombre de “marcador de sexo” aunque este término no sea preciso. La presencia de dichos marcadores, especialmente en los certificados de nacimiento, promueve el énfasis de nuestra sociedad en el género como criterio de asignación de identidades, roles y responsabilidades sociales. Al…
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… that Privacy International has been working on relates to exclusion. For example, what happens to migrant groups when … systems affect historically marginalised groups ? Yet exclusion emerges not only from those who can’t get their … State and society must make a major effort to revert that exclusion, and this requires very strong public policies …
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… vaccination schemes which do not perpetuate and reinforce exclusionary and discriminatory practices. Covid Immunity … seen play out in other situations such as mission creep, exclusion and surveillance are not carefully considered and … reinforce and further entrench existing inequalities and exclusions, creating a state of permanent pandemic for these …
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… consent and consideration. equality, non-discrimination and exclusion as even where the system is legislatively …
Content type: Report
… and equality. It provides detail on the social and economic exclusion and discrimination that can result from the design … right to dignity , and the right to equality. The risks of exclusion – which implicates a variety of rights ranging … economic and financial inclusion become the basis for exclusion from access to goods and services, denial of …
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… of the digital ID industry to deal with the issues of exclusion, exploitation and discrimination puts the entire … are great: it serves as a route to discrimination and exclusion, particularly if the powers to view these … case. We've covered previously how patterns of historical exclusion are reflected in identity systems and the modern …
Content type: Explainer
… to public space could all be restricted, deepening the exclusion of disadvantaged groups. As one public health … must be given to other types of harms and threats including exclusion and discrimination as well as targeting and … identity systems. To ensure against abuse, targeting, and exclusion, the use of foundation identity documents for …
Content type: Advocacy
… society organisations highlighting the serious risks of exclusion and discrimination that emerge. Valuable lessons …
Content type: Long Read
… address all the existing risks (including data breaches, exclusion and discrimination) and ensure appropriate … Kenya High Court fails to support Petitioner's arguments on exclusion, and judges that it could not discern violation of … in Kenya raises serious concerns from privacy through to exclusion. As with Aadhaar , the case ended up in court. One …
Content type: News & Analysis
… security of biometric data and to ensure the system is not exclusionary. PI submitted a witness statement in this case. … protecting the security of biometric data and preventing exclusion. News & Analysis Post date 6th February 2020 Image … security of biometric data and to ensure the system is not exclusionary. With the biometric data of almost 40 million …
Content type: News & Analysis
… the main concerns raised? 1. Discrimination and Exclusion Perhaps the most commonly cited human rights … can be seen as a solution to the problems of profiling and exclusion it should also be a starting principle for the way …
Content type: News & Analysis
… law but also taking into accounts the risks surrounding exclusion, exploitation, and surveillance. Introducing an ID …
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LAST UPDATE: 16th May 2022.
Mandatory SIM card registration laws require people to provide personal information, including a valid ID or even their biometrics, as a condition for purchasing or activating a SIM card. Such a requirement allows the state to identify the owner of a SIM card and infer who is most likely making a call or sending a message at any given time.
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… also brings the potential for discrimination and even exclusion from basic services. How does the act of registering a SIM card cause discrimination or exclusion ? When mobile phones are the most common form of … avenues such as banking and finance, this could result in exclusion from numerous vital public services. In some …