Data Protection
Below are all our blog posts with the tag "Data Protection"
Virtual Panel Discussion: Data protection and privacy within UN system organizations (Data Protection Day 2022)
Data Protection is paramount to respect and ensure human dignity and the right to privacy, a fundamental human right enshrined in Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Data Networks: Towards Realizing the Extraordinariness of Data as a Resource
To unlock data as a resource, one solution is new types of data aggregators that bring together public and private data and grant access to data to the right actors for the right reasons. At UN Global Pulse (and elsewhere), we call them data networks.
Joint Statement on Data Protection and Privacy in the COVID-19 Response
A Joint Statement on Data Protection and Privacy in the COVID-19 response was issued today after endorsement by UN System Organizations.
New decade, renewed priorities for UN Global Pulse
It’s been a decade since UN Global Pulse was set up inside the office of the UN Secretary-General to unearth the power of big data and analytics to protect vulnerable
Understanding Population Movement After the 2018 Central Sulawesi Natural Disasters
Through a shared value partnership with mobile telecom Digicel, Pulse Lab Jakarta (PLJ) over the past few years has investigated how pseudonymised mobile network data from subscribers in the Pacific
Expert Group on Governance of Data and AI (ex PAG): Call for Nominations 2019 / 2020
In 2014 UN Global Pulse established an informal Data Privacy Advisory Group comprising private sector, academia and civil society experts to inform its privacy and data protection guidelines and strategies.
Building ethical AI approaches in the African context
The UN Secretary-General’s Strategy on New Technologies calls for the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence and other frontier technologies — like the Internet of Things, cybersecurity, blockchain, robotics, autonomous vehicles,
UN Global Pulse’s 2018 Annual Report
Demand for UN Global Pulse’s expertise increased in 2018 with partners wanting to collaborate on innovation projects and tools, policy exploration, data protection and privacy frameworks, and public awareness raising.
Unpacking the Issue of Missed Use and Misuse of Data
Just because data misuse is at the forefront of recent conversations, we shouldn’t ignore the harms associated with missed use. Lost opportunities to use big data to achieve the Sustainable
