Data, Tech & Black Communities

EdTech will be a front door to government, educators, companies, investors from Britain & globally. They forgot to ask if they could come in

Schools using facial recognition systems should consider less intrusive ways to let pupils pay for meals, the UK's data privacy watchdog has said.

Gosh, crumbs and crikey! Talk about the “Road to Damascus”. The Information Commissioner, in his Enforcement Notice issued to Southampton City Council in July, has made an express link between Article 8 of the Human Rights Convention and lawful processing under the First Data Protection Principle. Furthermore, Southampton has appealed the Notice; this means the Tribunal should hear arguments about Article 8 and adjudicate, in detail, on how Human Rights and Data Protection legislation interact. I have often moaned (and moaned) about the fact that the Commissioner does not do “lawful” processing (see references). However, a stinging judgment in the...

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Consultation, “Human Rights Act Reform: A modern Bill of Rights”, has the potential to significantly undermine the application of UK’s data protection regime. These MoJ proposals are in addition to the DCMS proposals which also weakened the UK_GDPR (discussed in various blogs last November). Neither the DCMS nor the MoJ make any reference to the fact that their separate public consultations are connected when data protection is concerned. One wonders how this fundamental omission was missed? The MoJ Consultation, in summary, is designed to expurgate any European contamination associated with the words “necessary”, “public interest”...

The ESFA has now launched an investigation

The Royal Free was one of Google's first healthcare partners. Two years on, how is the product of their partnership working out?

Hospital trust apologies for placing a 'do not resuscitate' order on a patient with Down's Syndrome and putting his learning difficulties as a reason for doing so on his records.

The Government has admitted that the providers listed on its own webpage 'may not have full accreditation' - and has insisted it has not 'recommended or approved' any firm

The CFPB today issued an advisory opinion affirming that consumer reporting companies, including tenant and employment screening companies, are violating the law if they engage in shoddy name-matching procedures.

A consultation to reform the Human Rights Act 1998. This consultation closes at 11:59pm on 8 March 2022. Questionnaire (See page 111 of the consultation paper)

"We understand the concerns that have been raised," said IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig.

Zeltiq claim they gave sufficient warning that their fat-freezing procedure might have adverse effects. The model and others disagree.

The AI from Google's DeepMind made correct diagnoses 94.5 per cent of the time in a trial with Moorfields Eye Hospital

There are more than 100m Alexa-enabled devices in our homes. But are they fun time-savers or the beginning of an Orwellian nightmare

The doctor, geneticist and author talks about his new book on the future of medicine

Technology is making impressive inroads into cancer treatment, saving lives and money

Machine-learning system can identify more than 50 different eye diseases and could speed up diagnosis and treatment

The UK government ignored its own guidance and refused external help, resulting in an A level algorithm disaster that disproportionately impacted students from disadvantaged backgrounds. But what exactly went wrong and what are the implications?

Cambridge Assessment, which runs OCR, submitted the direct centre performance model chosen and developed by Ofqual

Covering privacy and civil liberties issues with the use of biometrics in schools

The use of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) is likely to be one of the key areas where new technology clashes with data protection rights. On the one hand, FRT has a wide range of potential use and users, from law enforcement agencies and civil enforcement bodies, to even – according to a recent Financial Times report – schools providing lunches to pupils.