Bytes for All

Bytes for All (B4A) is a human rights organisation and research think tank based in Pakistan. Its work focuses on the relevance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to sustainable development, democracy, and social justice. It also works to strengthen national human rights debates and movements.

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http://content.bytesforall.pk/

State of Privacy

State of Privacy Pakistan

A study of privacy and surveillance issues in Pakistan. The State of Privacy project was last updated on January 2019, unless otherwise provided on specific pages.

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Identity Policies: The Clash Between Democracy and Biometrics

To celebrate International Data Privacy Day (28 January), PI and its International Network have shared a full week of stories and research, exploring how countries are addressing data governance in light of innovations in technology and policy, and implications for the security and privacy of

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Data and Control: Protecting Rights, Protecting People

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We've come a long, long way together: building coalitions around the right to privacy

Photo: Flickr/Elvert Barnes. Some rights reserved. In the wider civil society space, the opportunities for travel come thick and fast. From the multi-stakeholder perspective, the Internet Governance Forum will be held during November in João Pessoa, Brazil. There is the Stockholm Internet Forum in

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GCHQ-NSA intelligence sharing unlawful, says UK surveillance tribunal

British intelligence services acted unlawfully in accessing millions of people’s personal communications collected by the NSA, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal ruled today. The decision marks the first time that the Tribunal, the only UK court empowered to oversee GHCQ, MI5 and MI6, has ever ruled

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Pakistani government advertises for bids to build national firewall capable of blocking up to 50 million websites containing "undesirable content"

In an advertisement placed in national newspapers yesterday (23rd February), the National ICT R&D Fund of Pakistan (which operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Information Technology) requested proposals for "the development, deployment and operation of a national level URL Filtering and

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Identity Policies: The Clash Between Democracy and Biometrics

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