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Why PETs (privacy-enhancing technologies) may not always be our friends
How privacy-enhancing technologies can exacerbate rather than ameliorate technology and data governance concerns
Disambiguating data stewardship
Why what we mean by ‘stewarding data’ matters
Why the COVID-19 shielded patient list might both compound and address inequalities
Wicked problems in the use of data-driven systems
A shot in the arm, not a shot in the dark
7 steps for Government to clarify whether vaccine passports should have a place in society
Is the goal of antitrust enforcement a competitive digital economy or a different digital ecosystem?
Antitrust ferment and opportunity in digital markets
Governments must offer clarity on vaccine passports
Why it's essential to explore the evidence, risks and benefits of vaccine passports and COVID status apps before any potential roll out
Crowd Clouds
A meditation on people, technology, place and space
Post-Brexit Britain’s dance-off with EU privacy standards in the context of EU-US relations
When privacy protections are aligning at a global level, how will the UK reconcile data protection and digital protectionism?
Season’s greetings: goodbye to 2020 and the 12 months of Ada
Four policy-facing reports, three citizens’ juries, two expert working groups and a global pandemic
America’s ‘privacy renaissance’: What to expect under a new presidency and Congress
A deep dive into US privacy legislation and implications for US-EU-UK relations
Tipping towards trans-nationalism – data, tech and the future of nation states
How data, tech and geopolitics might shape the future
COVID-19, the gig economy and the hunger for surveillance
The hidden, and unfairly distributed, costs of convenience on gig economy workers