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Nov 23, 2020

Building cyberspace back better: Introducing the #RestoreDataRights movement

By Tom Orrell, Managing Director, DataReady Limited 2020 has been an incredibly challenging year for far too many people. News of death, disease, quarantine, lockdown, financial hardship, heightened anxiety and distress dominate headlines around the world. One of the things that distinguishes the COVID-19 pandemic from crises that have come…

Data

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Data

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Apr 29, 2020

#RestoreDataRights: Data use in the COVID-19 response must be transparent, inclusive and accountable

Tom Orrell, DataReady Limited & Al Kags, Open Institute The declaration of the COVID-19 virus as a public health emergency of international concern on the 30th January 2020 by the World Health Organisation will be recorded in history as a defining moment of the 21st century. The pandemic has already…

Covid-19

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Covid-19

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Mar 19, 2020

Checking our instincts: We need to remain evidence-based and standards-driven in times of crisis

Five data governance rules to uphold in times of crisis By Tom Orrell, Managing Director, DataReady Limited Times of crisis require difficult trade-offs between competing public interests. In the present instance with Covid-2019 raging around the world, trade-offs between fundamental human rights — the right to freedom of assembly, to…

Data

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Data

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Oct 10, 2018

Balancing human and machine perspectives: what is the ‘public interest’ in the AI era?

Balancing human and machine perspectives: what is the ‘public interest’ in the AI era? By: Tom Orrell and Melissa Stock Tom Orrell is the Founder of DataReady, a company that provides services and research in the digital policy and international development fields. Melissa Stock is a practicing information law barrister…

Privacy

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Balancing human and machine perspectives: what is the ‘public interest’ in the AI era?

Privacy

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