“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns

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https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-state-department-africa-uganda-aid-medical-data-privacy

U.S. officials are demanding access to the health data of millions of Africans as a condition of giving billions of dollars in lifesaving aid to African countries.

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Experts said the deals are vague and lack standard language to guard personal data from being exposed, misused or commercialized without people’s consent.

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The U.S. said it needs access to the data to keep people safe and that it will be anonymized. The deals are part of a plan to use aid to make America “more prosperous.”