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New toolkit offers insights into advocacy around the growing need for privacy and personal data protection in Africa
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By African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms Coalition Published on 3 May 2021
3 May 2021
As online interactions form an ever greater part of our daily lives, a growing amount of our personal data is being collected, stored and mined by different public and private sector players. As a result, issues regarding the right to privacy and personal data protection have become increasingly relevant. The COVID-19 pandemic has sped up this shift to the digital sphere significantly around the world, and Africa is no exception. This makes the recent launch of the
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