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From contact tracing to voter tracing? Risk of data misuse in the Philippines

Vino Lucero 04/02/2022

With issues on data privacy, the Philippines’ contact tracing system exhibits red flags for Filipinos’ digital rights. But there’s another danger: that contact tracing data could be used to reach voters in the 2022 national elections.

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From contact tracing to voter tracing? Risk of data misuse in the Philippines

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