Identity Platforms and Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation:: Implications for Safeguarding Personal Data

Katherine Wyers; Brian Nicholson; Scott Russpatrick; Silvia Masiero

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-50154-8_16

Identity Platforms and Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation: Implications for Safeguarding Personal Data

Katherine Wyers, Brian Nicholson, Scott Russpatrick, Silvia Masiero

A&F Accounting & Finance

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Abstract

Little is known about how digital identity platforms can be managed and operated in countries where governments have introduced anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. This work-in-progress study explores the tensions associated with digital identity platforms in these contexts. It draws on concepts from actor network theory to analyze field data collected by the authors in the Health Information Systems (HISP) research programme around a digital platform (DHIS2) that is installed in 114 countries globally, primarily in the health sector. The study identifies contradictory interests among the human and non-human actors, and analyzes these according to (1) the operation of a digital identity platform in a legally gray area, (2) visibility and invisibilization of vulnerable populations, and (3) human rights vs neo-colonialism. In particular, the paper identifies the potential for enrollment of the identity platform technology from intended into realities of use in identifying LGBTQ+ individuals and groups, identifying risks of data-induced harm and routes to overcoming them.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	After Latour:
Subtitle of host publication	Globalisation, Inequity and Climate Change
Editors	Matthew R. Jones , Arunima S. Mukherjee , Devinder Thapa , Yingqin Zheng
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	209–217
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9783031501531
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50154-8_16
Publication status	Published - 6 Dec 2023

Publication series

Name	IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume	696

Name	IFIP Joint Working Conference on the Future of Digital Work: The Challenge of Inequality

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Wyers, K., Nicholson, B., Russpatrick, S., & Masiero, S. (2023). Identity Platforms and Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation: Implications for Safeguarding Personal Data. In M. R. J., A. S. M., D. T., & Y. Z. (Eds.), After Latour: Globalisation, Inequity and Climate Change (pp. 209–217). (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology ; Vol. 696), (IFIP Joint Working Conference on the Future of Digital Work: The Challenge of Inequality). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50154-8_16

Wyers, Katherine ; Nicholson, Brian ; Russpatrick, Scott et al. / Identity Platforms and Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation: Implications for Safeguarding Personal Data. After Latour: Globalisation, Inequity and Climate Change. editor / Matthew R. Jones ; Arunima S. Mukherjee ; Devinder Thapa ; Yingqin Zheng. Springer Nature, 2023. pp. 209–217 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology ). (IFIP Joint Working Conference on the Future of Digital Work: The Challenge of Inequality).

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Wyers, K, Nicholson, B, Russpatrick, S & Masiero, S 2023, Identity Platforms and Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation: Implications for Safeguarding Personal Data. in MRJ, ASM, DT & YZ (eds), After Latour: Globalisation, Inequity and Climate Change. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology , vol. 696, IFIP Joint Working Conference on the Future of Digital Work: The Challenge of Inequality, Springer Nature, pp. 209–217. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50154-8_16

Identity Platforms and Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation: Implications for Safeguarding Personal Data. / Wyers, Katherine; Nicholson, Brian; Russpatrick, Scott et al.
After Latour: Globalisation, Inequity and Climate Change. ed. / Matthew R. Jones; Arunima S. Mukherjee; Devinder Thapa; Yingqin Zheng. Springer Nature, 2023. p. 209–217 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology ; Vol. 696), (IFIP Joint Working Conference on the Future of Digital Work: The Challenge of Inequality).

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Wyers K, Nicholson B, Russpatrick S, Masiero S. Identity Platforms and Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation: Implications for Safeguarding Personal Data. In MRJ, ASM, DT, YZ, editors, After Latour: Globalisation, Inequity and Climate Change. Springer Nature. 2023. p. 209–217. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology ). (IFIP Joint Working Conference on the Future of Digital Work: The Challenge of Inequality). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-50154-8_16