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title: VIII.F. Right to Digital Identity
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# VIII.F. Right to Digital Identity

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[Insert statement of urgency and significance for why this right relates to AI, specifically the right to [Control](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/control/) one's digital identity and online presence.]

# **Sectors**

The contributors of the *AI & Human Rights Index* have identified the following sectors as responsible for both using AI to protect and advance this human right.

- [ART: Arts and Culture](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/art/)
- [COM: Media and Communication](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/com/)
- [WORK: Employment and Labor](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/work-employment-and-labor/)
- [TECH: Technology and IT](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/tech/)

# AI’s Potential Violations

[Insert 300- to 500-word analysis of how AI could violate this human right.]

# AI’s Potential Benefits

[Insert 300- to 500-word analysis of how AI could advance this human right.]

# Sources

## Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

G.A. Res. 217 (III) A, [Universal Declaration of Human Rights](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index/instruments/udhr/), U.N. Doc. A/RES/217(III) (Dec. 10, 1948).

Article 12

> No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his [Privacy](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/privacy/), family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

## International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)

G.A. Res. 2200A (XXI), [International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ARES2200-A-XXI-ICCPR.pdf), U.N. Doc. A/6316 (1966), 999 U.N.T.S. 171 (Dec. 16, 1966)

Article 16

> Everyone shall have the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

Article 17

> 1. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his [Privacy](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/privacy/), family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his honour and reputation.
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> 2. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

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**Last Updated:**  April 4, 2025

**Research Assistant:**  Aarianna Aughtry

**Contributor:**  To Be Determined

**Reviewer:**  To Be Determined

**Editor:**  Alexander Kriebitz

**Subject:**  Human Right

**Edition:**  Edition 1.0 Research

**Recommended Citation:**  "VIII.F. Right to Digital Identity, Edition 1.0 Research." In *[AI & Human Rights Index](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index)*, edited by Nathan C. Walker, Dirk Brand, Caitlin Corrigan, Georgina Curto Rex, Alexander Kriebitz, John Maldonado, Kanshukan Rajaratnam, Tanya de Villiers-Botha, and Hisham Zawil. New York: All Tech is Human; Camden, NJ: AI Ethics Lab at Rutgers University, 2026. Accessed October 22, 2026. [https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/Docs/viii-g-digital-identity/](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/Docs/viii-g-digital-identity/).