Privacy
Five Questions of Doubt of the Digital ID (eID)
The 2019 coronavirus epidemic has hit the global economy. As of now, the tourism industry, aviation industry, financial industry, and service industry have all been greatly threatened. In this environment, the only industry that remains untouched are the e-commerce and delivery industry, which illustrates the importance of the digital age to humanity. However, were you aware? During the period of the preventative measures of the epidemic, the government also silently advanced other policy agendas in science and technology, such as inserting the “The Regulation of Comprehensive Renewal of National Identity Card”. #1 Question of Doubt: The Regulation was only announced…
[International Data Privacy Day] 2019 is not over, events in 2020 about privacy in Taiwan that you should continue to follow
January 28 is the day when the European Council began the “Convention 108” regarding the automated processing of personal data protection. This legal document in 1981 was also the first international convention to discuss the protection of personal data. In order to let more people understand the importance of personal data protection and privacy, the European Council first launched the “Data Protection Day” in 2007, and then the United States, Canada and other countries also set the same day as “Privacy Day”, which promotes the importance of privacy rights. Taiwan Association for Human Rights has been paying attention to privacy…
International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance
International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance [pdf] FINAL VERSION 10 JULY 2013 As technologies that facilitate State surveillance of communications advance, States are failing to ensure that laws and regulations related to communications surveillance adhere to international human rights and adequately protect the rights to privacy and freedom of expression. This document attempts to explain how international human rights law applies in the current digital environment, particularly in light of the increase in and changes to communications surveillance technologies and techniques. These principles can provide civil society groups, industry, States and others with a…
International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance
International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance [pdf] FINAL VERSION 10 JULY 2013 As technologies that facilitate State surveillance of communications advance, States are failing to ensure that laws and regulations related to communications surveillance adhere to international human rights and adequately protect the rights to privacy and freedom of expression. This document attempts to explain how international human rights law applies in the current digital environment, particularly in light of the increase in and changes to communications surveillance technologies and techniques. These principles can provide civil society groups, industry, States and others with a…