May 24, 2017 | Data Privacy, Fairness
In this guest post, researchers from the Information Security Group at UCL – Steven J. Murdoch, Angela Sasse, Wendy M. Grossman and Simon Parkin – consider what lessons should be learnt after the WannaCry ransomware attack. As researchers who strive to...
Mar 1, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy, Freedom of information, Intellectual property and Copyright, Internet regulation, News media
Deadline 15 March 2017 The Information Law Group at the University of Sussex is pleased to announce its annual PhD and Work in Progress Workshop on 3 May 2017. The workshop, chaired by Professor Chris Marsden, will provide doctoral students with an opportunity to...
Jan 31, 2017 | Data Privacy, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Internet regulation, Privacy
In this guest post, Jelena Dzakula from the London School of Economics and Political Science considers what blockchain technology might mean for the future of social networking. You may well have found this article through Facebook. An algorithm programmed by one of...
Jan 11, 2017 | Ethics, Privacy
Shutterstock.com In this guest post, Ivan Manokha, Departmental Lecturer in International Political Economy at the University of Oxford, considers the use of wearable technology in the workplace and the potential privacy implications of collecting the data of...
Nov 29, 2016 | Data Privacy, Freedom of information, Internet regulation, Privacy
Our annual workshop and lecture – held earlier this month – brought together a wide range of legal academics, lawyers, policy-makers and interested parties to discuss the future of human rights and digital information control. A number of key themes...