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Content type: News & Analysis
… of trans people; 76.2% believe that it can threaten privacy rights; 66.7% disagreed with the widespread use of … and territory”, produced by Coding Rights with support from Privacy International, are presenting their main findings. … the purposes of issuing a driver’s license (CNH), Serpro stated that “the technology has a very high probability of …
Content type: Examples
… that data protection is a fundamental right. However, privacy advocates warned that the lack of established data … the Brazilian federal government and at least 14 of its 27 state governments have sought to capture Brazilians’ data as … org/voices/q-and-a-how-civil-society-in-brazils-is-defending-privacy-rights …
Content type: Long Read
… joined the chorus of voices calling for new global privacy rules, saying the following in regard to the new … privacy as a human right. I hope that in the United States we do something similar, and that the world converges … extent of their operations is most evident in the United States, a country where the absence of comprehensive data …
Content type: State of Privacy
… A study of privacy and surveillance issues in Brazil. The State of … January 2019, unless otherwise provided on specific pages. State of Privacy Post date 26th January 2019 Table of …
Content type: Long Read
… Long Read Post date 31st January 2018 To celebrate Data Privacy Week, we spent the week discussing privacy and … attention to the tangible changes in the capacity of the state to implement different forms of information control … Read report: Mega-Events: A Surveillance Legacy Updated: State of Privacy Brazil Chile and Argentina: Not Your …
Content type: News & Analysis
… It does not necessarily reflect the views or position of Privacy International. In 1997, plans for a Civil … ID system remains entangled in bureaucracy, a number of states in Brazil have taken the initiative of implementing these biometric systems independently. The state of São Paulo has created the ‘São Paulo Card’ …
Content type: News & Analysis
… Brazilian government – has produced ‘The Multi-stakeholder Statement of São Paulo’ , a Roadmap and Principles on … governance that could herald new respect for the right to privacy online. However, the outcome document fails to … in the outcome documents on mass surveillance. However, the Statement still provides a useful tool to helping shape …
Content type: Press release
… surveillance is never consistent with the right to privacy, five human rights organizations said in a November … 21 relatively undamaged, despite efforts by the United States and other members of the “Five Eyes” group to weaken … in the next week. The resolution would be the first major statement by the UN on privacy in 25 years, crucially …
Content type: Press release
… Press release Post date 1st November 2013 Privacy International welcomes the resolution introduced on … to the realization of other rights, and condemning mass State surveillance of individuals around the world. Should … the resolution be adopted, it will be the first major statement by a UN body on privacy in 25 years, since General …
Content type: News & Analysis
… to require an urgent response to strike a balance between States’ sovereign obligations to protect their citizens, and … rights to access of information, freedom of expression, and privacy. Over the last few months, governments, internet … that there is no trade-off between security and privacy. A state can secure itself without violation human rights …
Content type: News & Analysis
… in an attempt to discover the problems caused by ID cards, Privacy International compiled a survey containing reports … countries. Amongst the gravest of problems reported to Privacy International was the over zealous use or misuse of … of your parents." One Portuguese man studying in the United States reported an obsession with identity in his country: I …