Privacy by Design : Current Practices in Estonia, India, and Austria
Digital identification systems, integrated with civil registration, can play a transformational role across many development areas, such as financial inclusion, expanding access to services and social safety nets, and effective humanitarian respons...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/546691543847931842/Privacy-by-Design-Current-Practices-in-Estonia-India-and-Austria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31053 |
| Summary: | Digital identification systems,
integrated with civil registration, can play a
transformational role across many development areas, such as
financial inclusion, expanding access to services and social
safety nets, and effective humanitarian response. But while
the opportunity is great, so are the risks. One set of risks
results from collecting, using, and managing personal data,
which creates serious privacy challenges. Risks also
include: (1) Incorrect or inaccurate data collection,
leading to mistaken identity or unjust treatment; (2) Data
collected for one purpose being used for another purpose
without the user’s consent; and (3) Unauthorized or
inappropriate transfer of data between government agencies,
governments, and even with third non-governmental parties.
The importance of data privacy in building digital ID
systems is highlighted in the Principles on Identification
developed by the World Bank in 2017. These principles have
been signed onto by more than 20 international organizations
and development partners as being fundamental to maximizing
the benefits of identification systems for sustainable development. |
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