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The challenges of government use of cloud services for public service delivery
Cloud services are not meant to recognize national frontiers, but to thrive on economies of scale and scope globally — presenting particular challenges to government. Image by NASA Goddard Photo and...
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Unpacking patient trust in the “who” and the “how” of Internet-based health...
Image of abandoned medical records at Edgewater Medical Center (Chicago, IL) by ken fager. In an attempt to reduce costs and improve quality, digital health records are permeating health systems all...
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Can drones, data and digital technology provide answers to nature...
Drone technology for conservation purposes is new, and its cost effectiveness — when compared with other kinds of intervention, such as training field observers — not yet proven. Drone by...
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Government “only” retaining online metadata still presents a privacy risk
Issues around data capture, retention and control are gaining significant attention in many Western countries — including in the UK. In this piece originally posted on the Ethics Centre Blog, the OII’s...
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New Voluntary Code: Guidance for Sharing Data Between Organisations
Many organisations are coming up with their own internal policy and guidelines for data sharing. However, for data sharing between organisations to be straight forward, there needs to a common...
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Exploring the Ethics of Monitoring Online Extremism
(Part 2 of 2) The Internet serves not only as a breeding ground for extremism, but also offers myriad data streams which potentially hold great value to law enforcement. The report by the OII’s Ian...
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Could data pay for global development? Introducing data financing for global...
“If data is the new oil, then why aren’t we taxing it like we tax oil?” That was the essence of the provocative brief that set in motion our recent 6-month research project funded by the Rockefeller...
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Exploring the world of self-tracking: who wants our data and why?
Benjamin Franklin used to keep charts of his time spent and virtues lived up to. Today, we use technology to self-track: our hours slept, steps taken, calories consumed, medications administered. But...
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How and why is children’s digital data being harvested?
“Whether your child is an artist, a storyteller, a singer or a scientist, I’m the lovable little friend that will bring that out!” says the FisherPrice Smart Bear. Everyone of a certain age remembers...
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From private profit to public liabilities: how platform capitalism’s business...
Young people choose to use platforms for play, socialising and expressing their identity. Image by Brad Flickinger (Flickr: CC BY 2.0) Two concepts have recently emerged that invite us to rethink the...
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