Pop Quiz! Guess the Number of Responsible AI and Data Guides in Humanitarian Aid
A recent conference session on Responsible AI called for the creation of an ethical data use framework to guide international development practitioners as they...
Data Localization Is a Political Decision, Not a Technological One
Governments are passing regulations that require companies to store certain data on servers located within national borders. These data localization laws are restricting...
6 Insights on African National Data Protection and Security Practices
The Africa Privacy Report encapsulates the outcomes of research endeavors conducted by the Lawyers Hub, focusing on the dynamic landscape of privacy and data protection...
5 Priority Outcomes for UNHCR Digital Transformation Strategy
The UNHCR Digital Transformation Strategy provides a unified vision and approach to realizing the rights of refugees to digital inclusion and protection as well...
Applying US Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights to African Countries
Regulation of artificial intelligence is the need of the hour. The release of The Blueprint for An AI Bill of Rights (AIBoR) by the US White House Office of Science...
Unsafe National Biometric Data Collection in 23 African Countries
In assessing the various laws and policies, CIPESA’s new report – Privacy Imperilled: Analysis of Surveillance, Encryption and Data Localisation Laws in...
5 Key Takeaways from InterAction’s New Disinformation Toolkit 2.0
Journalist and Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa captured the essential nature of the threat that the rising tide of mis- and disinformation poses in her recent...
ICRC Cyber Attack is Our Constituent Data Management Nightmare
A sophisticated cyber security attack against International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) servers last week exposed sensitive personally identifiable information...
What Are Your Thoughts on Health Data Governance Principles?
Over the last several decades, the collection and use of health data have grown in complexity and have become increasingly indivisible from the operation of health...
How SADC Government Cybersecurity Laws Impact Human Rights
It is now axiomatic that the mass diffusion of the internet and its ancillary digital technologies have created an alternative space for the widespread and ‘unrestricted’...