Digital identity – From emergent legal concept to new reality

Sullivan, Clare

doi:10.1016/j.clsr.2018.05.015

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“…In the digital age, new technologies increasingly mediate identity verification and identification of individuals (Sullivan, 2016(Sullivan, , 2018. Life factors including date and place of birth, origins, ethnicity, nationality and biological features such as eye and hair colour are still commonly used.…”

Section: Bridging the Identity Gap With Digital Technologiesmentioning

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Digital identity: Contemporary challenges for data protection, privacy and non-discrimination rights

Beduschi

2019

Big Data & Society

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The World Bank estimates that over one billion people currently lack official identity documents. To tackle this crucial issue, the United Nations included the aim to provide legal identity for all by 2030 among the Sustainable Development Goals. Technology can be a powerful tool to reach this target. In the digital age, new technologies increasingly mediate identity verification and identification of individuals. Currently, State-led and public-private initiatives use technology to provide official identification, to control and secure external borders, and to distribute humanitarian aid to populations in need. All of these initiatives have profound implications for the protection of human rights of those affected by them. Digital identity technologies may render individuals without legal documentation more visible and therefore less vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. However, they also present risks for the protection of individuals' human rights. As they build on personal data for identification and identity verification, data protection and privacy rights are most clearly affected. The prohibition of discrimination in the digital space is also of concern as these technological advances' societal impact is not yet fully understood. Accordingly, the article argues that emerging digital identity platforms will only contribute to the protection of human rights if the providers adequately mitigate any risks of potential discrimination and promote high standards of privacy and data protection.

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Section: Bridging the Identity Gap With Digital Technologiesmentioning

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Digital identity: Contemporary challenges for data protection, privacy and non-discrimination rights

Beduschi

2019

Big Data & Society

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“…Digitalization and the introduction of financial technologies fundamentally transform the principles and tools existing in the financial markets of the economies of the majority of countries. Due to innovation and modern infrastructure, many operations that previously required a personal presence and took a lot of time can now be accessed "in one click" and can be completed in just a few minutes (Sullivan, 2018).…”

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Legal status of smart contracts: features, role, significance

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This article using critical analysis discusses the legal status of smart contracts, their features and characteristics, and the possibility of introducing this category into the legal field. The main goal of the study is to determine the legal status of smart contracts. The study concludes that a smart contract is a program code based on blockchain technology, which, by legal characteristics, is a legally significant message recorded in a language (artificial language) and sealed with an electronic digital signature of each of the parties (or certified with a special key). It is proved that the multilateral interactions implemented through smart contracts can reduce the costs of operations and control them, increase the speed of operations and reduce the risks associated with dishonest actions of the parties, minimize or completely exclude intermediaries from the transaction; therefore, legislation should provide for the possibility of using smart contracts along with existing contracts.

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“…Digital identity technologies mediate identification, identity verification, and authentication of individuals (Sullivan, 2016(Sullivan, , 2018. Identification is "the determination of identity and recognition of who a person is" (World Bank, 2018).…”

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Rethinking digital identity for post-COVID-19 societies: Data privacy and human rights considerations

Beduschi

2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the need for more contactless interactions, leading to an acceleration in the design, development, and deployment of digital identity tools and contact-free solutions. A potentially positive outcome of the current crisis could be the development of a more data privacy and human rights compliant framework for digital identity. However, for such a framework to thrive, two essential conditions must be met: (1) respect for and protection of data privacy irrespective of the type of architecture or technology chosen and (2) consideration of the broader impacts that digital identity can have on individuals’ human rights. The article draws on legal, technology-facing, and policy-oriented academic literature to evaluate each of these conditions. It then proposes two ways to leverage the process of digitalization strengthened by the pandemic: a data privacy-centric and a human rights-based approach to digital identity solutions fit for post-COVID-19 societies.

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Digital identity – From emergent legal concept to new reality

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Digital identity: Contemporary challenges for data protection, privacy and non-discrimination rights

Digital identity: Contemporary challenges for data protection, privacy and non-discrimination rights

Legal status of smart contracts: features, role, significance

Rethinking digital identity for post-COVID-19 societies: Data privacy and human rights considerations

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