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A right to an online identity?
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identity
identity as a right
as well as a duty
Identity and privacy
Identity and the right to be forgotten
the 'privacy, identity, anonymity' model
Human Rights in the Digital Era Leeds 2011
A right to an online identity?
Paul Bernal
UEA
paul.bernal@uea.ac.uk
Twitter: paulbernalUK
What do we mean by identity?
Many different approaches
Identity as a continuing narrative
A personal concept - an individual's internal construction
of meaning and personality
A social concept - the individual in relation to society
Both are relevant online
Multiple identities
Shared identities
Transferrable identities
Non-human identities
The technology of identity
Complications
If people have a right to internet access
then
they should have the right to an online idenity
the internet is now an intrinsic part of life
a recognised online identity is increasingly important
a right to an online identity
The right to create an online identity
The right to assert that online identity
The right to protect that online identity
Create
Encompasses the right to access
Connected to other legal rights associated with identity
Right to a private life
Right to identity in the CRC
Protect
Protection from deletion
Protection from impersonation
Protection of history and so forth
Protection from revelation
Protection against defamation
Protection of link between online and offline identity
Assert
Assertion to 'prove' who you are
Assertion to claim rights of access
Assertion for democracy
Control over what aspects of your identity you assert:
I am male, I am over 18, I am English, I can vote