Erasing the rights of data subjects

Erasing the rights of data subjects

BY FREDERICO LINKS Linda Aipinge, the director of information and communication technology (ICT) at the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, says the data protection bill aims to protect the individual’s fundamental rights, freedoms and privacy. She...
Gaslighting on Data Protection in the Age of Mass Surveillance

Gaslighting on Data Protection in the Age of Mass Surveillance

Namibian authorities pitch flawed safeguards as pervasive state surveillance looms.   BY FREDERICO LINKS “TODAY AIMS AT setting the regulatory framework on how personal data should be collected, stored and processed,” Linda Aipinge, the director of information...
The rise of the Namibian surveillance state (Part III)

The rise of the Namibian surveillance state (Part III)

BY FREDERICO LINKS – The evidence that Namibian intelligence and state security forces are stockpiling and deploying sophisticated communications interception and surveillance technologies continues to grow, even as the lawfulness of such practices remains...