Sebastian Skelton
Data and Ethics Editor at Computer Weekly
Data and ethics editor at Computer Weekly. Who else's views would they be? Open to pitches at [email protected]. He/him.
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1 week ago |
computerweekly.com | Sebastian Skelton
Football players are issuing “stop processing” requests to gaming, betting and data-processing firms over the use of their performance, health and injury data, citing ethical concerns with how the information being distributed about them can affect their career prospects. Under Article 21 of the UK’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), individuals have the right to object to the processing of their personal data.
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1 week ago |
computerweekly.com | Sebastian Skelton
Transparency and data storage concerns While the Financial Times covered the Home Office’s Anduril contract when it was announced, MRN and Storey said there has been little to no scrutiny of the towers since, and that they are concerned by the department’s resistance to transparency, even in response to FoIs. Specifically, they cited a lack of information on contract details, the location of the towers (which have been manually identified and logged by Storey), the data sharing agreements...
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1 week ago |
computerweekly.com | Sebastian Skelton
A lack of community engagement In response to the Met’s announcement, the Sutton and Croydon Green Party has joined with human rights group Liberty in calling for the nationwide halt of LFR deployments. “There are no laws regarding live facial recognition, which means there are no safeguards to its use by law enforcement,” it said in a blog post, which also encouraged people to sign a petition created by Liberty opposing the use of LFR by UK police.
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3 weeks ago |
computerweekly.com | Sebastian Skelton
Dozens of technology firms are continuing to put the lives and livelihoods of supply chain workers at risk by failing to meet even the most basic due diligence expectations around forced labour and human rights abuses, finds sectoral analysis.
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3 weeks ago |
computerweekly.com | Sebastian Skelton
The UK government has introduced its Data Use and Access Bill (DUAB) to Parliament, but proposed reforms to police data protection rules could undermine law enforcement data adequacy with the European Union (EU).
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The Met Police is set deploy permanent live facial recognition cameras on street furniture in Croydon, but local councillors say the decision – which has taken place with no community input – will further contribute the over-policing of Black communities https://t.co/mkvBhlzjhd
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