Rebooting democracy? Political data mining and biometric voter registration in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorMakulilo, Alexander B.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-23T08:39:30Z
dc.date.available2020-03-23T08:39:30Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionAbstract. Full Text Article available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13600834.2017.1321097en_US
dc.description.abstractThe introduction of biometric voter registration and biometric voter identification on Election Day is a new trend in most African countries. This development in turn has necessitated massive political data mining. Yet, the nexus between elections and technology poses challenges on protection of personal information. This article offers a critical discussion of legal and regulatory frameworks that govern protection of personal information in an election context. Using the international standards for personal data protection and lessons from Kenya and Ghana, it notes that Tanzania does not have a systematic regime for personal data protection. This leaves voters’ personal data without adequate protection. Accordingly, the adoption of the biometric technology in the process of registration of voters creates greater potentials for violations of personal data than it was the case with the optical mark recognition technology.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMakulilo, A. (2017). Rebooting democracy? Political data mining and biometric voter registration in Africa. Information & Communications Technology Law, 26(2), 198-212.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1080/13600834.2017.1321097
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2283
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisher‎Taylor & Francisen_US
dc.subjectBiometric voter registrationen_US
dc.subjectVotingen_US
dc.subjectDemocracyen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectPrivacyen_US
dc.subjectPersonal informationen_US
dc.subjectBiometric technologyen_US
dc.subjectElection dayen_US
dc.titleRebooting democracy? Political data mining and biometric voter registration in Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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