Privacy InternationalJul 14, 2019
Hope you are enjoying your Sunday! Here is a thread about our campaigns around id, identity and identification. Tomorrow we'll keep talking about our new campaigns, so stay tuned 📺 https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1149707931476209665
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“[Thread] As we said before, we must reimagine concepts and approaches around ID, identity, identification to safeguard peoples' dignity... and to achieve those goals we are working on various campaigns! #SafeguardingDignity [1/8]”

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First: Demanding id systems on our terms, challenging the notion that there must be a 'foundational' ID system lying beneath all interactions with the state, to ensure that these systems are designed to serve people and their needs. #IDSystems
https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/demanding-identity-systems-our-terms

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Demanding identity systems on our terms | Privacy International

There is a growing push towards identity systems around the world - leading to some of the world's largest biometric databases, as well as other technologies that can be used to track and profile individuals and communities.  

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If you want to check examples of that, check the work we've been doing to resist centralised identity systems: https://privacyinternational.org/impact/fighting-identity-systems

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Fighting Identity Systems | Privacy International

From smartcards to biometrics and beyond, and across the world.

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Second: Exploring new frontiers of identity by challenging the companies that assign us identities or are looking to exploit them. #SecretIdentities #ShadowIdentities https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/exposing-new-frontiers-identity

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Exposing new frontiers of identity | Privacy International

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For examples of that, check out our work on #fintech - https://privacyinternational.org/topics/fintech and #adtech https://privacyinternational.org/topics/adtech

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Fintech | Privacy International

Changes in the financial sector provides opportunities to develop privacy-protecting instruments; unfortunately, the efforts of the industry are not very often put in this direction.

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Third: Scrutinising the global counter-terrorism agenda that is enabling policies which erode human rights and affect the most vulnerable, by ensuring that there cannot be "human rights free" zones. #CounterTerrorism #Biometrics https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/scrutinising-global-counter-terrorism-agenda

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Scrutinising the global counter-terrorism agenda | Privacy International

Increasingly counter-terrorism strategies and policies are decided at the international level, most notably by the UN Security Council, and are used to erode human rights, with no accountability.

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On this topic, we've been raising these issues to the UN Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate on the use and sharing of #biometrics - Find out more here 👉🏼 https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/3066/briefing-un-counter-terrorism-executive-directorate-biometric-data

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Briefing to the UN Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate on biometric data

Identification system across the world increasingly rely on biometric data. In the context of border management, security and law enforcement, biometric data can play an important role in supporting the investigation and prevention of acts of terrorism.

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In sum, these are our campaigns on reimagining ID, Identity and Identification, stay tuned for new and engage with our work!

1️⃣ 1️https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/demanding-identity-systems-our-terms
2️⃣ https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/exposing-new-frontiers-identity
3️⃣ https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/scrutinising-global-counter-terrorism-agenda

Also: Have a lovely week 👋🏼

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Demanding identity systems on our terms | Privacy International

There is a growing push towards identity systems around the world - leading to some of the world's largest biometric databases, as well as other technologies that can be used to track and profile individuals and communities.