‘Instituting ethical guidelines on corporate partnerships is not a panacea. We envision it as a component of a larger project: dismantling the ties between higher… Read More »NT4T on Justice Everywhere: ‘The Case for Ethical Guidelines on Universities’ Corporate Partnerships’
Open Rights Group have asked whether the Government and the NHS in Scotland have taken all necessary steps to ensure the privacy of citizens during… Read More »Open Rights Group Scotland calls for clarity on contract tracing privacy standards
Against the backdrop of COVID-19, the immigration system in the UK has been affected. Freeemovement.org.uk have collated the changes and written a resource for navigating… Read More »Coronavirus and Changes to the UK Immigration System
On May 20th, Apple released its latest iOS firmware with bluetooth enabled contact tracing. The iOS 13.5 update introduces the Exposure Notification API created by Apple and… Read More »Apple Releases iPadOS and iOS 13.5 With Exposure Notification API
According to WIRED, movement sensors and thermal testing are increasingly deployed in UK workplaces and hospitals as companies look to get people back to work.… Read More »WIRED: ‘Coronavirus will turn your office into a surveillance state’
Palantir, the US data giant which works with intelligence and immigration enforcement agencies, has responded to a coalition of UK-based privacy organisation’s questions on its… Read More »Palantir Responds to Privacy International’s Questions about its work with NHS
Desperate times call for desperate measures – or so the saying goes. But this should not undermine the core values of our societies. Read more… Read More »EDRi: “COVID-Tech: Emergency responses to COVID-19 must not extend beyond the crisis”
Contact tracing app, in partnership with google and apple, set to be rolled out in the UK in the next few weeks. Tip: Get in… Read More »UK contact tracing app raises privacy concerns
Cellphone data can be useful to trace #coronavirus contacts, but their use poses privacy problems. @doecsgf Tina White @Stanford leads an international team that’s building… Read More »Cellphone data used to trace coronavirus contacts
One of the people who helped make Clearview saw facial recognition as a way to potentially “identify every illegal alien in the country.” Clearview AI… Read More »Clearview facial recognition considered to “identify every illegal alien in the country”