Archive for category: Data and elections

Data exploitation in digital political campaigns and its implication on electoral democracy

Unwanted Witness, August 3, 2020, Data and elections, data and elections, democracy

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The last decade has seen an explosion in the use of digital tools in political campaigning. Perceptions have also changed in that time. The use of social media was first foreshowed as a positive revolution in the mass engagement of voters. More recently we have seen serious...

Risks to unregulated personal data use and what stakeholders must-do during the 2020/21 electoral process.

Unwanted Witness, July 23, 2020, Data and elections, data, data and elections, Data Protection, data Protection law uganda, electoral, privacy, uganda decides

The upcoming 2021 general election raises concerns of electoral malpractices and uncertainty through the misuse and abuse of personal data such as phone numbers, email addresses, political ideology and location data. Politicians now believe they can win elections if they just have better, more refined and more accurate data...