[governance] 'Aiding Privacy' - Do development projects violate privacy in developing countries?

[Fouad Bajwa]

Here is a shocker, from Privacy international. For some of us who
belong to the field of development, a word of caution, be careful in
how you handle and what you do with other people's information and
data. There should some agreed principles that first do not violate
fundamental human rights and the right to privacy.

For people working in hard areas, (as I am now), it is important that
processes in are place to manage any such electronic data and
possibilities if major personal identifiers are either encrypted or
not used. The challenge is in disaster response and management
situations, human migration, refugee situations, health and epidemic
management and aid, where direct collection of data occurs.

There is no end to the sophistication of systems. This also why Civil
Society's pursuit to hold equal footing in all matters IG and
Electronic Data Management and its possible uses/misuses is a very
important issue.

 'Aiding Privacy' - Do development projects violate privacy in
developing countries?

Blogpost: https://www.privacyinternational.org/blog/development-and-humanitarian-aid-initiatives-enable-surveillance-in-developing-countries



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Fouad Bajwa
ICT4D and Internet Governance Advisor
My Blog: Internet's Governance: http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/
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