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> Article 44
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1. Knowledge
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| 1.2 Accuracy, Privacy, Security, and management | ||
| Article 44-Rights of privacy of personal digital information | ||
| 44.1 | Rights of privacy of personal digital information | |
| While all of the uses of personal digital information outlined in this Declaration as valid have merit, it remains a fundamental moral principle that the privacy of the individual should be first and foremost the consideration of all civilized societies. |
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| That a society has the technical means to undertake surveillance on some or all of its citizens does not give it the moral right to do so, or continue after a threat has been reduced. For instance, a society might require high surveillance during a period of danger and no surveillance thereafter. |
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| Personal digital information of all kinds should not be captured purely because it can. The collection of information for its own sake without clear purpose should be considered immoral and in some cases a crime when it relates to personal financial information. |
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