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CFP: Bytes, Bodies and Souls: Interrogating Human Digitalisation

CFP: Bytes, Bodies and Souls: Interrogating Human Digitalisation

Feb 14, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy, Privacy

Kent Law School, in conjunction with the Eastern Academic Research Consortium, invites early career academics and postgraduate research students to participate in the “Bytes, Bodies and Souls: Interrogating Human Digitalisation” workshop to be held on 30th May, 2017....
Your next social network could pay you for posting

Your next social network could pay you for posting

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...
Case Preview: PNM v Times Newspapers, Open justice and the privacy of suspects – Hugh Tomlinson QC

Case Preview: PNM v Times Newspapers, Open justice and the privacy of suspects – Hugh Tomlinson QC

Jan 16, 2017 | In court, Open Justice, Privacy

In this guest post, Hugh Tomlinson QC previews an appeal to the Supreme Court in a case that considers where the balance lies between rights to privacy and the principle of open justice. The post was first published on the Inforrm blog.  On 17 and 18 January 2017, a...
Case Preview: PNM v Times Newspapers, Open justice and the privacy of suspects – Hugh Tomlinson QC

Why the rise of wearable tech to monitor employees is worrying

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...
How the UK passed the most invasive surveillance law in democratic history

How the UK passed the most invasive surveillance law in democratic history

Nov 29, 2016 | Privacy, Surveillance

In this guest post, Paul Bernal, Lecturer in Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Media Law at the University of East Anglia, reflects on the passage of the Investigatory Powers Bill. The legislation was recently passed in Parliament and given Royal...
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