A new government hub in the UK aims to put data quality on the map
James Tucker, chief of the Government Data Quality Hub, wants to help government departments make their data ‘fit for purpose’
Data privacy
Cook and Zuck - a divine feud with enterprise implications for data privacy best practice
Apple's Tim Cook and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg square off with increasingly sharp words in the latest tech sector catfight, but it's a tussle that has wider implications around privacy, both personal and corporate.
Friday Rant - care in the community, the Mark Zuckerberg approach
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to help the world come together as a unified community. That's nice, isn't it? So, how's that going to work in practice? Well, funny you should ask...
Acquisition addiction – is there a better way to expand to meet customer demand?
As vendors bolt on acquisitions to build a Frankenstein's monster and hold onto market share, Raju Vegesna of Zoho asks if there's a better way to meet the needs of customers
Brewing up a strong data foundation with Tableau - Starbucks gains critical insight into consumer behavior, store usage and...er, restrooms
Starbucks use of data analytics has enabled it to pivot to meet changing customer behaviors during the COVID crisis.
Tech and health organisations come together to create a ‘digital COVID-19 vaccine passport’
Users will be able to present their COVID-19 vaccination records via digital wallet - but ethical questions will likely arise in response.
Facebook says it has to move UK user data to California (and away from GDPR) because...er, Brexit
Brexit means it's time to move UK user data to the US and away from the EU's GDPR regime...
GDPR - Europe's data protection success or another blocker to a post-Brexit data adequacy deal?
GDPR Is a European data protection success story, yes? Well, yes...but it could also be a complicating factor in trying to secure a post-Brexit data adequacy deal between the UK and the EU.
Data protection - the COVID-19 dimension
The Westminster eForum on data protection debates a key issue in 202 - how a successful fight against the coronavirus is rooted in trust in data.
We benchmark, you score productivity, they surveil - the good, bad and ugly of teamwork analytics
Microsoft has conjured up the ugly face of teamwork analytics with its Productivity Score but the data can also be used in a good way
Data Protection - adequacy and the Brexit dimension
The Westminster eForum debated data protection and a major challenge to business and IT leaders - the B-word.
Sensory surveillance is the hidden price you pay for all the smart devices around you
Today's smart devices come with a hidden price tag for all of us. Zoho's Raju Vegesna explains the concept of sensory surveillance and why you should care
Suppression vs surveillance - is it healthy if COVID-19 leads the public to compromise on privacy for a greater good?
Track-and-trace apps are being rolled out in the name of suppressing and managing COVID-19, but there remains the potential for any surveillance tech to be abused. Is the public ready to compromise on privacy for the greater good?
