[Lgpolicy] How Indigenous Groups Are Leading the Way on Data Privacy

[Francis M. Hult via Lgpolicy]

*Moderators Note*: This story reverberates with earlier reports about
controversies related to the documentation of Indigenous languages.  See,
for example:


   -
   https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/native-american-language-preservation-rcna31396
   - https://www.wired.co.uk/article/maori-language-tech


Scientific American

How Indigenous Groups Are Leading the Way on Data Privacy

When governments, academic institutions or other external organizations
gather information from Indigenous communities, they can withhold access to
it or use it for other purposes without the consent of these communities.

“The threats of data colonialism are real,” says Tahu Kukutai, a professor
at New Zealand’s University of Waikato and a founding member of Te Mana
Raraunga, the Māori Data Sovereignty Network. “They’re a continuation of
old processes of extraction and exploitation of our land—the same is being
done to our information.”

To shore up their defenses, some Indigenous groups are developing new
privacy-first storage systems that give users control and agency over all
aspects of this information: what is collected and by whom, where it’s
stored, how it’s used and, crucially, who has access to it.

Full story:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-indigenous-groups-are-leading-the-way-on-data-privacy/
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