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Chatbots that resurrect the dead: legal experts weigh in on ‘disturbing’ technology – Edina Harbinja, Lilian Edwards and Marisa McVey

Chatbots that resurrect the dead: legal experts weigh in on ‘disturbing’ technology – Edina Harbinja, Lilian Edwards and Marisa McVey

Mar 9, 2021 | Data Privacy, Ethics, Privacy

It was recently revealed that in 2017 Microsoft patented a chatbot which, if built, would digitally resurrect the dead. Using AI and machine learning, the proposed chatbot would bring our digital persona back to life for our family and friends to talk to. When pressed...
A Brave New Working World or something more sinister? Employer surveillance of employees working at home – Peter Coe

A Brave New Working World or something more sinister? Employer surveillance of employees working at home – Peter Coe

Dec 3, 2020 | Privacy, Surveillance

Employers monitoring their employees is not a new issue. Indeed, I have written about the surveillance of employees in the workplace, and their right to privacy pursuant to Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, in a previous Inforrm post in the context...
Regulating health research and respecting data protection: a global dialogue – Dr Nora Ni Loideain

Regulating health research and respecting data protection: a global dialogue – Dr Nora Ni Loideain

Jul 16, 2020 | Covid-19, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Health, Privacy

The global COVID-19 pandemic has focused minds sharply on the valuable role to be played by data collection and analysis for advancing health research, especially how it may help in informing and developing policy responses. Modern health research requires vast...
Coronavirus: record ethnicity on all death certificates to start building a clearer picture – Siobhan Morris and Olivia Stevenson

Coronavirus: record ethnicity on all death certificates to start building a clearer picture – Siobhan Morris and Olivia Stevenson

May 14, 2020 | Covid-19, Data Privacy, Government policy, Privacy

Different groups of people have different experiences of COVID-19, but we don’t have the data to come up with a response that reflects that. Yui Mok/PA Wire/PA Images If one thing is clear by now from the coronavirus pandemic, it is that the disease does not affect...
Contact-tracing app: Submission to Joint Committee on Human Rights

Contact-tracing app: Submission to Joint Committee on Human Rights

May 7, 2020 | Covid-19, Data Privacy, Data Protection, ILPC Research and Publications, Privacy

Our director, Dr Nóra Ni Loideain, submitted written evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights concerning the NHSX contact-tracing app, which is going to be rolled out by the UK government in order to reduce Covid-19 transmissions. The submission can be read...
Data crossing borders: Data Sharing and Protection in Times of Coronavirus – Christopher Kuner

Data crossing borders: Data Sharing and Protection in Times of Coronavirus – Christopher Kuner

Apr 27, 2020 | Data Privacy, Data Protection, Privacy

Dr. Christopher Kuner is professor of law and co-director of the Brussels Privacy Hub, a research centre at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Brussels, Belgium. He is also an associate of the Centre for European Legal Studies at the University of Cambridge, and...
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