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May 19 2021 Roundtable Are current models of data protection fit for purpose Understanding the consequences for economic development
Best Practices Data and Development Governance Region: Africa Region India WPF’s Executive Director Pam Dixon will be moderating a Center for Global Development roundtable May 20 to discuss data governance models from the perspective of low and middle income countries. This is part of her ongoing work as co-chair of the Governing Data for Development project working group. Michael Pisa, CGD Policy Fellow and lead for Nov 06 2019 The importance of Doing No Harm India’ s plan to create a new national facial recognition database
Aadhaar AI Biometrics Digitial Identity Facial Recognition Government privacy Region India This coming Friday, the government of India is planning to announce the winner of a Request For Proposals to create a large, national, centralized facial recognition system for law enforcement purposes. The tender for the project outlines an ambitious program of facial surveillance in India utilizing image databases that law enforcement officers could access in Jan 16 2018 Comments Due on India’ s Data Protection White Paper Info resources & draft comments
Aadhaar Biometrics Cybersecurity International Privacy National ID Region India The government of India has published an important white paper discussing its approach to data protection legislation, White Paper of the Committee of Experts on Data Protection Framework for India. The government of India is accepting comments on its white paper until January 31, 2018. This paper is particularly important because of its future impact Aug 29 2017 A Failure to Do No Harm India’ s Aadhaar biometric ID program
Biometrics Data Ethics GDPR ID Ecosystem Identity National ID News, Press, and Media Region: EU Region India Reports WPF has conducted original research on India’s Aadhaar, a national biometric ID system, including field research in India during 2010-2014. WPF has published the original research in a peer-reviewed journal, Nature-Springer, and in Harvard-based Journal of Technology Science. The research found that systemic challenges to data protection and privacy exist in the Aadhaar system, challenges which do have potential remedies. Key lessons can be learned for both the US and the EU as biometric systems grow in popularity. Aug 24 2017 A big win for privacy in India
Biometrics Digitial Identity Facial Recognition ID Ecosystem Identity Region India India’s Supreme Court has ruled in a unanimous decision that privacy is a fundamental right under Article 21 of India’s constitution. This is a landmark decision for India, and it was decided by a full bench of nine judges. The decision comes at a time when India’s national biometric ID program, Aadhaar, has been 12Next Page » WPF updates and news CALENDAR EVENTS WHO Constituency Meeting WPF co-chair
6 October 2022, Virtual OECD Roundtable WPF expert member and participant Cross-Border Cooperation in the Enforcement of Laws Protecting Privacy
4 October 2022, Paris, France and virtual OECD Committee on Digital and Economic Policy fall meeting WPF participant
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