Open Source Lisbon 2020, Digital
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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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Amanda Brock, OpenUK CEO interviewed for Linux Format Magazine
Linux Format puts on its clean shirt and trousers to go on a VoIP call with Amanda Brock and discuss OpenUK, influencing government policy and how old we all are.
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Amanda Brock, OpenUK CEO, interviewed by RT News, on the UK track and trace app and open source
“One of the things the German’s did very right was to walk away from their initial app.” CEO of Openuk Amanda Brock explains how we initially weren’t the only country to go with a centralised app…but we were the only to try and stick with it!
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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Amanda Brock, OpenUK CEO, interview about Open Source technology, IP protection, and the OpenUK Kids Competition collaboration with Imogen Heap on the wb40 podcast.
On this week’s show we talk with OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock about Open Source technology, IP protection, and a fascinating education collaboration with Imogen Heap to spread the word about Open approaches.