All posts tagged "privacy"

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  Central bank digital currency developments hit “top gear” amid coronavirus

  COVID-19 is accelerating the pace towards a functioning central bank digital currency (CBDC), the co-chair of a central banks’ working group has said. “There is little evidence that cash transmits

  • Posted June 18, 2020
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  Facial recognition tech could be illegal in EU, regulators warn

  Artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition technologies are likely to be illegal in the European Union, according to a prominent group of privacy regulators. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) –

  • Posted June 18, 2020
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  UK officials’ focus on price damages IT procurements, report finds

  The UK civil service focuses too closely on price in procurement decisions, a new report has claimed, and “lacks the capability and capacity to fully understand” how new IT systems

  • Posted May 27, 2020
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  Indian PM instructs nation’s workforce to download COVID-19 app

  The Indian government has instructed all public and private sector employees to use its contact-tracing app, in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as it begins easing lockdown

  • Posted May 4, 2020
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  Australian ministers seek to calm data privacy fears over corona tracing app

  Australia’s government services minister Stuart Robert has moved to address data privacy concerns over the plan to introduce a corona tracking app, saying on Monday that all data will remain

  • Posted April 22, 2020
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  India launches apps to track corona cases and tackle misinformation

  The Indian government has launched a coronavirus tracking app, two weeks after it created a WhatsApp chatbot – designed to provide citizens with information about the pandemic – which has

  • Posted April 6, 2020
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  Canada open banking review to focus on data security

  A government advisory committee investigating ‘open banking’ in Canada is to put security concerns centre stage. The first phase of a review of ‘open banking’ – the technology permitting bank

  • Posted February 14, 2020
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  Automated welfare fraud detection system contravenes international law, Dutch court rules

  A Dutch court has ruled that an automated surveillance system using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect welfare fraud violates the European Convention on Human Rights, and has ordered the government

  • Posted February 9, 2020
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  New US AI principles urge light-touch approach to regulation

  The White House has proposed a set of principles that aim to prevent US government agencies from “over-regulating” private sector development of artificial intelligence (AI) and stifling innovation. It has

  • Posted January 14, 2020
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  Spain gathers anonymised phone tracking data to shape public services

  The Spanish Institute of Statistics (INE) is using location data from millions of mobile phones to gain insights into citizens’ movements. The aim is to enable government to better manage

  • Posted December 30, 2019
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