Data Decade: Data and technology
By Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK, and Jared Keller, Head of Research at the ODI
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Does Open Source Software need regulation?
Not for the first time, there have been calls for open source regulation. Regulating open source software would be wholly inappropriate and would fail to solve the issues we see today. We need to regulate the use cases of software such as finance, regulated sectors, public infrastructure rather than the code. This regulation must apply
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Wanted: a leader for Dominic Cummings’ brainchild
Excerpt from the article: Despite its operatic acronym, ARIA is nothing to do with divas. Rather, the initials stand for Advanced Research and Invention Agency, a new office set up by the UK Government to lead on technology development and scientific breakthroughs. The aim for this new organisation is to think through problems in new
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Big tech versus regulation – the start of an interesting decade
An almighty battle is brewing over control and sovereignty of citizens’ data As we head towards 2021, governments around the world are grappling with how to manage what will be a digital decade. If nothing else has come out of Covid-19’s collection of Track and Trace apps around…
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Big Tech must beware of big government
Excerpt from the article: In just a fortnight, the New Year will begin with the clear understanding across all governments that this is already a digital decade. As consumers, we utilise products and services created, distributed and consumed through software. As citizens, we share our data with governments and businesses alike. If nothing else has
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The world is becoming divided over attitudes to data
Excerpt from the article: We are at a crossroads for technology and politics. Charlene Barshefsky, a former US trade representative writing in the Financial Times, has warned of an “incipient techno-nationalism”, which she sees emerging in Europe, and worries that EU digital protectionism risks damaging ties with the US. At the same time Angela Merkel and Emmanuel
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A blow has been struck against Big Tech in Europe
Excerpt from the article: Max Schrems has spent the last decade (give or take) as a young man on a mission. His aim has been to force attention on the issue of US surveillance and European data privacy. Every day, data is shipped to the US or passes over US servers as part of the
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Why data sovereignty will reign in a post-Schrems 2.0 open source world
Privacy activist Max Schrem’s court victory creates an ideal opportunity for open source and open data approaches, says OpenUK’s Amanda Brock Max Schrems has won his case, leading to EU-US Privacy Shield being declared as invalid by the Court of Justice of the EU. However, standard contractual clauses remain acceptable, as long as the companies
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What happened to Britain’s track and trace app?
Excerpt from article: “Yes of course it’s perfectly true that it would be great to have an app, but no country in the world has a functioning track and trace app,” Boris Johnson claimed last Tuesday in the House of Commons. Keir Starmer calmly pointed out that Germany has precisely such an app. This prompts
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Covid-19 and contact tracing — an open source approach is vital
Excerpt from the article: Matt Hancock has confirmed that a government contact tracing app will be trialled on the Isle of White from today. The app is designed to notify users that they have been in contact with actual or suspected cases of Covid-19, allowing them to follow enhanced social distancing and other appropriate actions
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