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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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  You Deserve Privacy Online. Here's How You Could Actually Get It

  Apple CEO Tim Cook calls for comprehensive federal privacy legislation during Davos 2019 .

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  Ethics, Data and Analytics: The Problem that Insurers will have with Digital Identity

  David Minty of Ethics and Insurance sets out the role of identity in the emerging insurance landscape.

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  Exclusion and Identity: Life Without ID

  Using the case of Chile, Privacy International explores how ID and identification can lead to exclusion and questions if "universal" ID systems can ever cover and serve all citizens fairly.

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  Principles for Good ID in Africa

  Mark Straub of Smile Identity and Khosla Impact drafts a set of propositions for making digital ID “good” in Africa

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  Indian Government Allows Expanded Private Sector Use of Aadhaar Through Ordinance

  In this article, Mozilla raises concerns that a new government ordinance accelerating private sector use of Aadhaar, issued without parliamentary approval, will undermine the protections that the Indian Supreme Court put in place.

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  Reflections on India’s Ruling of its Aadhaar Biometric Digital Identity System

  Subhashish Bhadra - Bangalore-based investment principal at Omidyar Network and former McKinsey consultant - reflects on the new guidance for Aadhaar, India’s 1.2 billion people strong nationwide digital identity system and the world’s largest biometric ID database.

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  It’s Time for a Bill of Data Rights

  Martin Tisné argues that "data ownership" is a counterproductive way of thinking about data and suggests that, instead, we need “a new paradigm” that sees data as fundamental to the relationships between people and institutions.

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  Digital ID: Why It Matters, and What We're Doing About It

  The social change-makers at The Engine Room make a compelling case for broadening the digital ID debate – and explore how it has a very real impact on our lives.

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  Beware of Tech Companies Playing Government

  This opinion piece from Marietje Schaake, member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands, highlights the concerns of leaving the protection of citizens' rights online to tech companies instead of governments, and insists whomever is ultimately in control of digital rights must be held accountable.

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