What is our privacy worth?
What are the best words to use when talking about data? What does ‘anonymised’ mean? Is India turning into a surveillance state? Why are some Swedish workers being implanted with microchips? What is collaborative machine learning without centralised training data? Why do brands need to fire adtech? Is the end near for the Facebook-Google duopoly? __ What is our privacy worth? Excellent opinion piece by Alexandra Samuel discussing the key issues around getting people excited a
Is America becoming Orwell's nightmare?
How did data turn the world upside down? How will Trump's immigration ban effect non-US citizens' data? Why have MPs questioned the UK government's ability to protect from cyber attacks? Are you ready for Data D-Day? What really happens to your big data after you die? Share: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn 😎 Privacy Is America becoming Orwell’s nightmare? EXCELLENT (lengthy) write-up by Stephen Rohde comparing Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four to current day society. The establish
Does data have an image problem?
Will companies be able to convince consumers to still hand over their personal data when GDPR comes into action? Gmail user? Are you taking part in the Data Science Bowl? Should developers consider themselves specialists or generalists? Could you be a citizen data scientist? Have you lost control of your digital presence? Show some love: Tweet 💚 Want more? Previous issues 😊 Security Does data have an image problem? Negative news naturally receives the most press coverage as
What does Amazon's plans to rev Alexa everywhere mean?
Think Facebook only collects your online information? What attributes has Facebook classified you with? Are your kids exposing their personal data online? What's going to happen to tech in 2017? Should data collected by Amazon's Alexa be able to be used as evidence in a courtroom? Still searching for the perfect cheese and wine tasting? 💜 Love DataScan? Please share: Twitter | Facebook 💚 Forwarded from a friend? Sign up here A carefully curated summary of the top data-news
Can Trump get his hands on Silicon Valley's big data?
Does your company view data privacy as a tier-1 consideration? What can data visualisation learn from punks? How does data go dark? Did you (your kids) make it on Santa's Nice List? How much self- indulgence do Millennials need to give up to get on the property ladder? What could a tech-enabled Christmas look like in 2026? Privacy Can Trump's government get its hands on Silicon Valley's big data? Brian Feldman points out that even though most of the tech giants have released
Is a shift in power over how data privacy is handled overdue?
Should online data collection be opt-in? Can Yahoo ever make a comeback from breaching one million users' data? Do you know how to tell what company has sold your data? Would you infect two friends with ransomware to free yourself? Do you need a digital detox? A carefully curated summary of the top data-news from the week: Privacy Edward Snowden stressed in an interview there needs to be a shift in power over how personal data and privacy is handled. ✅ Key points: Citizens ne
What will 2017 bring for the world of data?
How will Brexit effect data protection? Will Obama's tech legacy live on? Have charities exploited your personal data? Are your kids' internet-connected toys collecting unnecessary personal information? Have you played with Google's newly open sourced data vis tool? A carefully curated summary of the top data-news from the week: Looking forward James Kobielus, Big Data Evangelist @ IBM, lays out his big data and analytics predictions for 2017. INTRIGUING READ. Most notably: P
How can VR improve data visualisation?
Have you played with Uber's new data vis yet? Has your Google Android account been compromised? Are you in the "danger zone" from reusing your passwords? Have you heard of Amazon Athena? How is the Chinese government planning to leverage big data for a mass surveillance program? Can an implant enhance our attention, creativity and focus? What is the Internet like in North Korea? A curated summary of the top data news from the week: Data visualisation Check out deck.gl - Uber'
Can Google's DeepMind streamline healthcare?
What are they actually doing with the patient data? Is leveraging big data the future of medical advances? How is technology disrupting healthcare? Will GDPR legislative changes increase consumer trust over how their personal data is used and stored? What does your social data say about your personality and future? 🤔 Data sharing Google's DeepMind signed a new five year data-sharing partnership with the NHS, which includes sharing the patient data of over 1.6 million Londone
Are data breaches inevitable?
Why are CFOs not prioritising data protection? What will the UK's Snooper's Charter 2 mean for data privacy? Why has Twitter given the FBI access to the data they took away from the CIA? How is personal data from some Android phones being sent to China? Why are some NHS trusts not spending ANY money to protect patient data? Would you exchange your dashboard data for free access to a crash prevention app? 🤔 A carefully curated summary of the top data-related news from the wee
