<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Dear Partner,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We would like to share with you the launch of Data Privacy Brasil in conjunction with the Paradigm Initiative and the Aapti Institute, of the “Datafication and Democracy Fund,” aimed at non-profit and non-governmental organizations in the Global South with active involvement in activities related to politics and the defense of digital rights.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Datafication is a complex and profound process of social transformation. Despite the Global South being strongly affected by datafication processes, there are few resources channeled so that civil organizations in the Global South can organize their work and influence the institutional spaces responsible for formulating principles and standards for these new areas. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The fund aims to finance activities that strengthen the work of NGOs in the Global South on issues of datafication and democracy, which include (but are not limited to) research initiatives, policy analysis, advocacy, and, in part, mission support.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Registration is open until February 29, 2024, and proposals from organizations that work with or are run by minority groups will be a priority in the selection process. Attached, you can see the release. Find out more about the fund and how to apply on the </span><a href="https://bit.ly/ddf-fund" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">website here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If you have any questions, please contact us!</span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br><table style="font-family:Helvetica;border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:6pt" align="left"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="176"><col width="19"><col width="250"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:66pt"><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Saira,sans-serif;color:#003a40;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:439px;height:53px"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/8tiuZtuK436kur1Q7eVQK-t3x_XDOEpWmlkj99mRruotsTKSBe26yO5fTCKjivZQfVhDUUz-xxnhIRx_pKd5Cq1qQahiQ6qAXE1rCqeXdXcUCf891ACoOmzKXlaO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