Module 4: Privacy and Security Online

Advanced Modules on Digital Rights and Freedom of Expression Online in sub-Saharan Africa

This module aims:

To provide an overview of the right to privacy.
To set out data protection principles and explain data retention.
To identify emerging issues in communications surveillance.
To explain the rights-related concerns about biometrics and facial recognition.
To unpack the relationship between encryption and anonymity.
To set out the principles of journalistic source protection.
To identify emerging issues in online harassment.