Good ID in 2019: A Year for Action

Last year we saw high profile data breaches, GDPR, and new controls over India's identity program. Now is the time to shape and safeguard identification systems for the better, argues CV Madhukar.

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Point of View: Digital Identity and Privacy

In its 2017 point of view, Omidyar Network shares its thoughts on how the organization defines digital identity, why digital identity is necessary, and its view on how digital identity can lead to empowerment.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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