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    What are Insight Platforms-as-a-Service and why do they matter?

    September 18, 2017

    How can decentralised storage models prevent massive data breaches?

    September 13, 2017

    Has decentralised technology already outdated the GDPR?

    September 3, 2017

    What does the future look like for UK-EU data movement?

    August 27, 2017

    Data protection & AI: How can we control our creations?

    August 21, 2017

    Who will win the race to become the world's first AI superpower?

    August 7, 2017

    Is data from your IoT devices being sold to third parties?

    August 1, 2017

    Is a cooperative approach key?

    July 23, 2017

    How can data-poor companies survive?

    July 16, 2017

    Could new data laws end up bankrupting your company?

    July 9, 2017

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    Is it easier to hack an election than eBay?

    April 3, 2017

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    Nick Halstead

    Why should users care about protecting data from being collected and sold? Why is it vital to protect encryption? Are algorithms sprawling out of our control? How can facial recognition software stop toilet paper bandits? Is this the most magical surveillance state on...

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    Is America becoming Orwell's nightmare?

    February 5, 2017

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    Nick Halstead

    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?...

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    Is de-identification a broken system?

    October 30, 2016

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    Nick Halstead

    How can partial bank account details be classified as non-personal data? Have you heard of the digital age Medusa? 

    Is Ireland ready to police the data world? Should more companies be considering data a "byproduct" - which can be maximised through a data...

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    Are we getting data wrong?

    October 23, 2016

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    Nick Halstead

    As more data breaches and unlawful data collections hit the news, it's no wonder people are reluctant to share their personal data. 

    Do you know where all your data is stored? Is the future sharing datasets through an open infrastructure? ๐Ÿ” Can sharing data improve hea...

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    Major social networking sites stopped giving social media data to the police - but who really knew they were?

    October 16, 2016

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    Nick Halstead

    Are your IoT devices are vulnerable to malware? Or if your Skype connection is really private? Or what a data leak smells like?! Data breach fines are predicted to have increased by 175% by 2018. ๐Ÿ’ฐ 

    As more industry-leading companies join the virtual reality...

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    Is a new era of data privacy long overdue?

    October 9, 2016

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    Nick Halstead

    From further information revealing Yahoo's actions, to personal data being valued at $3.20, is a new era of data privacy long overdue? 

    Have our phones invaded our privacy of thought? Do companies need to offer 'social contracts' with their customers to build trust and...

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    Is customer data really safer by companies regulating themselves?

    October 2, 2016

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    Nick Halstead

    Is this why so few customers trust organisations with their data? Why is data privacy still not always considered paramount? Should data privacy be worth more than a diamond?

    A carefully curated summary of the top data-related news from the week:

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