Emily Barwell considers the legal considerations when setting up a data trust and discusses when it may be appropriate to use this new and innovative concept emerging in the data ethics space…
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Simon Deane-Johns summarises some key takeaways from the recent SCL Ireland event on AI held on 17th September…
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Marcin Maruta and Karolina Alama, of Maruta Wachta, provide practical insights into the software licensing audit process and how to manage the associated risks…
Professor Chris Marsden and Dr Rob Nicholls suggest ways to prevent a winner takes all situation among social media platforms gathering data to power AI…
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The Royal Society has published a report on neural interfaces, highlighting the challenges, risks and opportunities for the UK….
“The New Technology Lawyer” – SCL Annual Conference 2019 – Wednesday 2 October 2019 at The IET, London…
Scottish government publishes Programme for Government 2019-2020 The Scottish government has published its Programme for Government 2019-2020. It sets out the actions that the Scottish government will take in the coming year and beyond, including regarding technology. The document points out that transport is undergoing a period of rapid technological transformation which provides opportunities for…
Facial recognition in school leads to Sweden’s first GDPR fine The Swedish DPA has fined a municipality 200 000 SEK for using facial recognition technology to monitor the attendance of students in school. A school in northern Sweden conducted a pilot using facial recognition to keep track of students’ attendance in school. The test run…
The ICO’s AI Auditing Framework team’s latest post on their immensely helpful blog accompanying the project looks at the interaction between fully automated decision making and the GDPR….
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Kate Brimsted and Tom Evans summarise the ICO’s recent cookie guidance and report on AdTech which set out some lessons and warnings for website owners in general and the online advertising industry in particular…
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