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Aug 30, 2018
Digital identity in the last mile: grassroots research overview
We recently commissioned research to better understand digital identity needs in the developing world. Specifically, we wanted to understand how grassroots nonprofits could benefit from a digital identity platform to conduct their humanitarian work in Africa and South East Asia. Today, we’re publishing an overview of the project. The short document outlines the initial thinking behind our research, our thoughts on an offline product, what we sought to learn from the field based research and a few of our higher level findings. Download the ‘Digital identity in the last mile’ overview here. Please read through it and share it far
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Aug 02, 2018
Getting to grips with GDPR: Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling
The eighth blog post in our series on GDPR rights is about the rights in relation to automated decision making. So far, our series has covered: Your right to be informed Access rights Correction rights Deletion rights Objection rights Restriction rights Portability rights Part 8: Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling This is not a new right and the GDPR wording is almost identical to that in the EU Directive it replaces. The aim of this right is to provide safeguards for individuals against the risk that a potentially damaging decision is taken without human
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Aug 01, 2018
Meet our anonymous facial age estimation technology
We developed our facial age estimation technology to provide a secure and private way to prove your age, without sharing identity documents or personal details like name or date of birth. It’s fast, accurate and anonymous. Here’s how our facial age estimation technology works, how it’s designed and why it’s one of the most privacy-friendly solutions available. What is facial age estimation? Facial age estimation is a safer and easier way to prove your age to access age-restricted goods, services and content. Completing a facial age estimation takes seconds – all you need to do is take a
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Jul 24, 2018
Digital identity in the last mile: lessons from South East Asia
Here at Yoti, we believe in the benefits of digital identity for all. As we continue to ramp up our efforts in the humanitarian sector, we recently commissioned research to better understand digital identity needs among grassroots nonprofits in the developing world. The first post in the series of two covered our work in Africa. Read it here. In this post, David Burton – a member of our South East Asia research team – shares his approach and findings from the region. Digital identity in the last mile How can we keep our identities safe? It’s one of the
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Jul 23, 2018
Getting to grips with GDPR: The right to data portability
The seventh article in our series on GDPR rights is about the right to data portability. Catch up on previous articles about your right to be informed, the access right, correction right, deletion right, objection right, restriction right. Part 7: The right to data portability This is a new right under GDPR and its aim is to allow individuals to be able to easily get back certain personal information so they can do other things with it, or give it to another company. There are two aspects to the right: The right to get back some information. The right
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Jul 20, 2018
Getting to grips with GDPR: The right to correct data
The third article in our series on GDPR rights is about the correction right. See here for previous articles on your right to be informed, and the second on the access right. Part 3: The right to correct data The right to correct inaccurate personal information is an existing right. It has always been the case that if you discover an organisation has inaccurate information about you, you have the right to correct it. It also links with the organisation’s responsibility to have accurate and up to date data. In current UK law this right is set up as