Ghana Broadcasting Corporation

  It is heartwarming the Special Voting ended smoothly throughout the country yesterday with no reported nasty incident. It is also gratifying that voter turnout was high at almost all the centers. The Special voting gave the opportunity for those who have been assigned special duties on election day like the police, military, journalists and essential service providers to cast their ballot to enable them to get ample time for their assigned roles. Even though the exercise chalked up remarkable success it was dented by a number of missing names from the special voters’ list which has unfortunately disenfranchised such people as they cannot vote again on December 7 because majority of them might be stationed outside their home region. Equally a minus in the Special Voting exercise was people illegally taking pictures of the candidates they voted for. Such photographs are believed to be demanded from the electorate in return for either cash or any other gifts. This is a way of influe...

  The annual observance of International Day of Persons with Disability (PWDs)started in 1992 after a proclamation of the UN General Assembly’s resolution 47/3. The day was instituted to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disability in all spheres of society and development and to increase awareness on the situation of persons with disability in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life. The UN puts the number of PWDs to about one billion worldwide This year’s global pandemic has undoubtedly reset the world’s compass on Virtually everything and re-engineered attention on ensuring vulnerable Groups are put at the center of all decision making processes. No wonder The UN is using today’s celebration to building a better: disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 World. Disability inclusion is not about ticking the boxes but inclusion is at the heart of human rights, sustainable development, peace and security. The 2030 agenda fo...

  Data privacy, also known as information privacy, is the aspect of technology that ensures data shared by individuals or customers of telecommunication networks are only used for the intended purposes and not shared with third parties. In an era of fast-growing technology, data privacy is becoming an increasing topic of scrutiny. In the United States of America for instance, laws are enacted to regulate data privacy, which means that each law or compliance regulation has been created in response to the needs of a particular industry or section of the population. Examples of such law include the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) which extends government restrictions on wiretaps to include transmissions of electronic data. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) – gives parents the opportunity to have control over what information websites can collect from their children. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) – ensures patient confidentialit...

  The Electoral Commission (EC) this week posted the nation’s voter register of over 17 million names on Google Drive. The Commission, however, disabled the link to the published register within days after posting it. The decision to reverse their action chiefly emanated from public outcry against the action, which was deemed as a grave breach of privacy and a blatant disregard for people’s rights. Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service developed by the internet giant Google. It was launched in April 2014 to provide file and image storage services for internet users. The facility is a cloud-based storage solution that allows one to save files online and access them anywhere from any smartphone, tablet, or computer. It also allows users to store files on their servers, synchronize and share them across devices. As of March 2017, Google Drive had 800 million active users, and as of September 2015, it had over one million organizational paying users. As of May 2017...