World Privacy Forum and Electronic Frontier Foundation File Public Comments...
REAL ID | National ID — The World Privacy Forum and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed joint comments with the Department of Homeland Security about the proposed national ID system, REAL...
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Border Crossing Information System, DHS — The World Privacy Forum submitted public comments today to the Department of Homeland Security regarding its proposed Border Crossing Information System. The...
View ArticlePam Dixon writes about India’s National ID Card in May/June issue of Foreign...
India’s national biometric ID card — In the May/June, 2013 issue of Foreign Policy Magazine, Pam Dixon writes about the privacy issues related to India’s national biometric ID card. In the piece,...
View ArticleJapan’s My Number program (マイナンバー法) gets independent Data Protection...
Japan — Under the mai nannbaa-ho (マイナンバー法) My Number Act (enacted May 13, 2013, also called the Social Benefits and Tax Number Act), Japan’s citizens will be assigned unique numbers to track income,...
View ArticleNational IDs Over Time: Interactive chart
About this Data Visualization: This interactive chart displays the chronological implementation of National IDs in countries globally, from 1850 to 2017. The raw dataset used to create the chart...
View ArticleA Failure to Do No Harm: India’s Aadhaar biometric ID program
For Immediate Release India’s Digital Biometric ID System Fails to Protect Citizen’s Privacy and is a Warning for Europe and the United States World Privacy Forum Executive Director Pam Dixon publishes...
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National IDs around the World: Data Analysis and Graphic
We are highlighting two recent publications from this year, both involving large and important datasets. In case you missed this work, here are the highlights. Click the links below to visit the...
View ArticleComments Due on India’s Data Protection White Paper; Info, resources, & draft...
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....
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NIST report documents undeniable demographic effects in face recognition systems
WPF Press Release PDF version: WPF Press Release: NIST report documents demographic effects in face recognition systems NIST issues undeniable scientific documentation of demographic effects in face...
View ArticleISPI Forum on Digital Transformation, WPF speaker
The Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) will be holding a High Level Forum on Digital Transformation in connection with OECD. The event will be held 16 May 2022 in hybrid...
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