The Case for Data Localization in Africa

Imagine a vault that holds every detail about your life, from finances to communications. Now imagine that vault isn’t in your own country but is controlled by companies and governments far away, with little accountability or oversight. This is the situation many African nations face as companies store their citizens’ data overseas, mostly in the U.S. or Europe. Multinational…

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Florida Sues United States Government, Seeking Data On Noncitizen Voters

BY TYLER DURDEN Florida authorities on Oct. 16 sued the U.S. government, alleging that U.S. officials are illegally refusing to cooperate with Florida’s effort to remove noncitizens from its voter rolls. State law requires state authorities to maintain accurate voter registration records. Federal law requires the federal government to respond to inquiries from federal, state, and local government agencies that…

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‘Race science’ group say they accessed sensitive UK health data

Exclusive: Fringe network recorded boasting of securing data from UK Biobank trove donated by 500,000 volunteers Tom Burgis, Hannah Devlin, David Pegg and Jason WilsonThu 17 Oct 2024 14.05 BSTShare Fringe researchers advocating “nefarious” theories that intelligence is based on race have obtained data from a trove of sensitive health information donated by half a million British volunteers, according to undercover footage. Recordings…

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