The briefing provides a starting point for discussion on how privacy and data protection can be incorporated into election observation methodology and operationalised in the election observation process
As we commemorate International Data Privacy Day, the government of Uganda has to expedite the enactment of Data Protection and Privacy regulations for effective enforcement of the Data Protection and Privacy Act 2019
If Internet shutdowns are used as a blunt-force means of blocking access locally to a specific service or application, access to other unrelated services may also be impacted as collateral damage.
The use of Biometric machines was introduced in the 2016 general elections but the machines largely failed to work and the Electoral Commission (EC) which is the electoral body resorted to manual verification of voters using a voters’ register.
As the voting day draws closer, government and different political actors are embracing technological tools to provide voter education, monitor and tally election results.
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...
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...
Online Spying Threatening Users
How Personal is your Personal Data?Unwanted Witness publish a briefing for election observers on the importance of privacy and data protection in the election cycle.
Injured journalist Ashraf Kasirye allowed to file additional allegations against gov’t
Court adjourns injured journalist Ashraf Kasirye’s case hearing against State over the absence of Attorney GeneralCopyright © 2021, Unwanted Witness.