The Journey Toward ‘Crime and Prejudice’: A Radio Drama About Data Protection

Radio dramas have been used by radio stations all around the world for years to spread socially conscious messages to the public about topics like child labor, anti-corruption, and health issues. This is in large part due to radio’s ability to connect with a larger audience regardless of academic background. It is impossible to overstate […]
Crime and Prejudice: A Creative Storytelling Series on Data Rights
“Where My Data At?”: Imagining resistance to data processing with African Feminists

This report is one of three reports funded through the ADAPT project that explore how data is used and abused by governments and non-state actors alike, and how users can better advocate for their privacy. How does one build resistance to datafication with those already at the front lines of fighting gender inequality? The report, […]
Regional Coordination: Lessons from the Data Privacy Learning Series

The fourth workshop of the Data Privacy Learning Series took place on March 10th, 2022, and discussed regional coordination among civil society organizations in the Global South to advance data protection. The discussion departed from concrete cases and built on some of the points made in previous workshops, especially regarding advocacy strategies and campaigns carried […]
Exceptions to Data Protection Regulations: Lessons from the Data Privacy Learning Series

When discussing data protection regulations, particularly the passage of comprehensive data protection laws, the issue of what falls within scope and what exemptions exist to circumvent them often arises. This comes into focus in reviewing the cases in which personal data processing for the purposes of public security, national defense or criminal persecution are weakened […]
Advocacy and Communications Strategies: Lessons from the Data Privacy Learning Series

This workshop took place in the context of the Data Privacy Learning Series, a series of five events with members of the ADAPT project, whose goal is to tackle concrete issues around advocacy and activism on data protection in the Global South. The series is being conducted by Data Privacy Brasil Research Association with the […]
The double-edged sword of a decentralized approach to data protection legislation in Nigeria

Personal information, often the subject of the right to privacy, is all over the internet today. This information, for the longest time, has been mined, shared, and used without recourse because of the “smoke screen” safety that the internet provides. Where people cannot physically see harm, they tend to feel a sense of safety. An […]