The AFC at its weekly press conference on Friday said that with the new proposed e-ID project by the government, the rights of citizens must be assured and they must be aware as to which agency is accessing their personal information at all times.
In a press statement she read, Alliance For Change (AFC) Chair, Cathy Hughes, questioned where is the government’s public articulation of systems and assurances that will guarantee the rights of all Guyanese. She said, “Our citizens must also have rights like those guaranteed under the EU General Data Protection Regulation at a minimum. They must be able to know which individual or government agency has accessed their personal data, when, and for what purpose.”
Hughes stressed that the penalties for illegally accessing citizens’ data should also be made public.