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Personal Data is Akin to Your Body
Natalie Smolenski from Learning Machine talks about self-sovereign identity, the potential of blockchain - good and bad - and the future role of digital ID.
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Tech Providers Can Shape Good ID
Sebastian Manhart, Chief Operating Officer at Simprints, talks about cultural bias, privacy, consent, and the need for ethics in the use of biometric technology in digital identity programs.
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Mastercard Introduces Consumer-Centric Model for Digital Identity
In March 2019, Mastercard presented its new framework of how digital identity will work for its systems, “starting with the individual sitting at the heart of every digital interaction.”
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What Do Data Protection and Privacy Practices Look Like Around the World?
This is a list of data protection practices, principles and frameworks from advocacy groups, governments and across the private sector.
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Why over one billion people lack identity (and what can be done about it)
Scott Reid from iRespond argues individual identity is a fundamental human right, and yet it’s a stark reality that over a billion people lack any recognized form of identity.
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The Privacy Project
The New York Times takes a look at the big questions that come with the rapid technological changes around us.
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No Government Should Get to Decide This
A short film from Open Society Foundations illustrating the impact of ID that fails to reflect the true identities of transgender people.
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Identity and the Urban Poor
With over two-thirds of the world’s population set to be living in cities by 2050, GSMA surveys the identity needs and challenges of the poorest urban residents.
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Establishing Identity Is a Vital, Risky and Changing Business
A long-read from The Economist that maps the evolution of identity and the need to define it.
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Digital IDs Are More Dangerous Than You Think
In this opinion piece in Wired, the Executive Director of Access Now and RightsCon says we must advocate for the minimisation of centralised personal data to uphold our fundamental rights.
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