The use of online health platforms is on the rise, allowing us to track and share our personal data. While such platforms have promise, significant scientific, ethical and privacy questions remains.
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Data privacy regulations are being adopted to protect internet users. Today, humans need to read those rules to ensure compliance. New research suggests machines could interpret them in real time.
A new digital ID system will gather piles of personal information in one place – and you won’t have full control over who has access
Predicting life expectancy remains in the realm of science fiction, but it may soon be possible. Are we prepared for such information? And who else would benefit from this knowledge?
A proposed bill would force tech companies to tell users how much their data is worth. But how can a single number capture data’s power to predict your actions or sway your decisions?
New research reveals that many 19- to 24-year-olds are highly concerned about how organisations collect and use their data. This could be the beginning of a significant push back.
South African consumers aren’t confident that organisations always use their information lawfully and for agreed purposes.
States like California have been at the forefront of privacy innovation in recent decades. A possible federal law could bring their experimentation to a halt, harming consumers.
George Orwell’s dystopian classic can tell us a lot about contemporary politics and power, from Donald Trump to Facebook.
While shifting cyber safety education beyond privacy is a step in the right direction, teachers already have to contend with an overcrowded curriculum.
Blockchain technologies can support users in controlling access to their data through smart contracts that both empower and protect users.
How data is changing the shape of our personal ‘bubble’ – in pictures.
A new scam tricks families based overseas into paying a ransom for Chinese students in Australia who have supposedly been kidnapped.
Canadians — and consumers around the world — have the power to hold industries accountable for misuse or unauthorized use of our data. It’s time to use it.
Personalisation has made decisions easier and quicker – but it is still large corporations, rather than individual users, who benefit most.
Personality tests played a central role in the recent Facebook scandal over corporate harvesting of personal data. Why are businesses so interested in them?
Facebook’s users have wildly different expectations about privacy and security. What may look like inadequate oversight in some places may be considered an overreach in others.
Several critical Canadian elections are ahead. Here’s what governments and social media companies must do to assure Canadians that their online personal data won’t be used to manipulate results.
Do you own your own genetic data? The future of genomic databases is almost here, and now is the time to figure out how we are going to allow this information to be used.
Online usability demands keep trumping security measures that are designed to keep our data safe online.
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Visiting Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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Doctoral Researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor in Law, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Information Systems, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Computing and Communications, The Open University
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Research fellow, The University of Queensland
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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Associate professor, UCL
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Professor of Strategy, Hult International Business School
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Professor, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Information Security, Governance and Leadership / Design Thinking, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Senior Research Fellow, College of Art & Design and Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University
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Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Professor in Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow
