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The age of data: the death of privacy or its solution?

By Mark Elliot Filed Under: All posts, Digital Futures Posted: May 7, 2020

With increasing details of our lives being stored in digital space, how do we safeguard our data-selves? In this blog, republished from our OnDigitalTrust publication, Professor Mark Elliot outlines the dilemma between the value of data and the need to protect users’ privacy, and offers a solution to policymakers. Data is no longer something we […]

Tagged With: data, digital, intelligence & security, ODT, OnDigitalTrust, Privacy

Risk in a digital age: why solutions lie in people, not just technology

By Gerard Hodgkinson Filed Under: Digital Futures Posted: May 6, 2020

As the digital and real worlds become ever-more entwined, do we really understand how people and technology interact? In this blog, republished from our OnDigitalTrust publication, Prof Gerard Hodgkinson explains why both person and machine should be considered when introducing and safeguarding digital infrastructure. Historically, new technologies fail to meet expectations because human behaviour is […]

Tagged With: cyber crime, data, digital, intelligence & security, ODT, OnDigitalTrust, Privacy

Privacy pitfalls in combatting coronavirus digitally: Lessons from South Korea

By Michael Prentice Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: April 3, 2020

As the UK embarks on rolling out new digital and mobile capacities in the fight against COVID-19, other countries may serve as bellwethers for potential issues. In this blog, Dr Michael Prentice, Research Fellow in Digital Trust and Security, discusses privacy issues that arose in South Korea’s technology-driven response to the COVID-19 outbreak and how […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, data, digital, Digital Futures, GPs, intelligence & security, Pandemic, Privacy, Tracking

Profiting from pandemics: COVID-19, changing routines and cyber crimes

By David Buil-Gil, Nicholas Lord, Emma Barrett, Daniel Dresner and Brian Higgins Filed Under: Digital Futures Posted: March 19, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis is driving changes in the routines of institutions and individuals, as businesses, educational institutions and other organisations recommend or require employees to engage in social distancing in a collective attempt to minimise the spread of the virus. As well as having global socioeconomic effects, these changes in routine create opportunities for crimes. […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, crime, cyber crime, employment, fraud, fraud 8 financial crime, intelligence & security, Pandemic, phishing, Privacy

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