<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-4eef64a9-7fff-73af-07f6-7da4fc154d31"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>tldr:</b> </span><a href="https://simsec.cc/digiconsent" style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">New Report</a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">! Please </span><a href="https://twitter.com/simplysecureorg/status/1452609241542537222?s=20" style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">retweet</a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Last year, Simply Secure and New Design Congress set out to understand the risks of ethical consent and data collection for underrepresented communities in complex data systems. We’re proud to publish and share our findings </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">with you</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in</span><a href="https://simplysecure.org/resources/The_Limits_to_Digital_Consent_FINAL_Oct2021.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></a><font face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">o</span></font>ur report — <b><i><a href="https://simsec.cc/digiconsent" style="">The Limits to Digital Consent: Understanding the risks of ethical consent and data collection for underrepresented communities.</a></i></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Six key findings emerged from our analysis:</span></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:11pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The consent model for tech is outdated. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:11pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Local-first data storage is not inherently safer for people. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:11pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Data creation, including the potential for data creation, is silencing. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:11pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Everyone — not just members of underrepresented communities — is at risk. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:11pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ethical platform designers must consider themselves as the potential bad actor. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:11pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">People are overwhelmed by both the potential for harm and the indifference of decision-makers.</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We see how data accumulation has great power over a person’s agency, their relationships, and the communities within which they operate -- and the associated harms reach almost every human being. Practitioners must therefore examine the systemic shortcomings of digital consent and commit to an ongoing iteration of consent and data governance within platforms. Platform designers and policymakers can no longer assume that collection is safe -- and they must work together to design systems accordingly.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We’d appreciate your help in promoting the report and you can read and download </span><a href="https://simsec.cc/digiconsent" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the report here</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and find </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oQcFPanBcyZiHidgpr_eqNXzIqAypf0uR4c5ltrVB2Y/edit" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the social media promo toolkit here</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you can take a moment to retweet, here's our launch tweet: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://twitter.com/simplysecureorg/status/1452609241542537222?s=20">https://twitter.com/simplysecureorg/status/1452609241542537222?s=20</a></font></span></b></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt">More sample tweets are available in the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oQcFPanBcyZiHidgpr_eqNXzIqAypf0uR4c5ltrVB2Y/edit">social media toolkit</a>!</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt">Thank you!</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Georgia</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Georgia Bullen<i> (</i><i><a href="https://pronoun.is/she" target="_blank">she/her/they</a>)</i>, <a href="http://twitter.com/georgiamoon" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">@georgiamoon</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">Executive Director, <a href="https://simplysecure.org" target="_blank">Simply Secure<br><i><br></i></a></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span><a href="https://simsec.cc/slack" target="_blank">Join our community on slack</a>. Follow us on <a href="http://twitter.com/simplysecureorg" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://instagram.com/simplysecure" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="http://facebook.com/simplysecureorg/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/simplysecureorg/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/simply-secure/" target="_blank">Medium</a></span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><div><i>Simply Secure is a 501c3 nonprofit, please consider <a href="https://simplysecure.org/support-us/" target="_blank">supporting our work.</a></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>