# Personal Identity Right **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Rights / Identity **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Emerging rights concept; current formulations vary ## Definition A **Personal Identity Right** protects the conditions under which a person may maintain, develop, and not be involuntarily falsified or displaced in their recognized identity. ## Continuity Significance It bridges neurorights, digital identity, digital replicas, provenance, and continuity. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence Personal identity appears in constitutional, privacy, neurotechnology, and personality-rights literature. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note Identity rights do not automatically answer metaphysical questions of numerical continuity. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Psychological Continuity|Psychological Continuity]] · [[wiki/Durable Identity|Durable Identity]] · [[wiki/Representational Authority|Representational Authority]] · [[wiki/Continuity Registry|Continuity Registry]]