Module 4: Privacy and Security Online
Advanced Modules on Digital Rights and Freedom of Expression Online in sub-Saharan Africa
The objectives of this module are:
- 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 journal source protection; and
- To identify emerging issues in online harassment.