Essay: The metaverse – three legal issues we need to address
In an essay first published on The Conversation, PIN LEAN LAU, a lecturer in bio-law at Brunel University London, says there are three key areas which, when it comes to the metaverse, remain “legally murky”…
Tech’s long COVID-19: What privacy battles will define 2021?
Thomson Reuters Foundation The coronavirus pandemic added a new layer to the ever-developing debate around privacy and technology in 2020, as governments and companies turned to tools like contract tracing apps and employee monitoring software. As the year comes to an end, the Thomson Reuters Foundation asked privacy experts around the world what issues will […]
Britons risk having data “sold to highest bidder” after Brexit, whistleblower warns
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation British people’s data privacy will be “hanging in the balance” after Brexit, former Cambridge Analytica staffer-turned-whistleblower Brittany Kaiser warned as the country leaves the European Union on Friday. Kaiser said Britain would need to pass strong privacy legislation to protect its citizens once they are no longer covered by EU law, […]