Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda Data is the new gold Opening Remarks, Press Conference on Open Data Strategy Brussels, 12th December 2011 SPEECH/11/872

Brussels, 12th Decemb…

When Big Data says “Happy Christmas”, what is the sentiment?
I always say “Happy Christmas,” however, this year as I write my chosen Christmas messages, I am forced to consider what someone else’s algorithm will imply about me, based on my use of…

The US Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is controversial depending if your business model needs copyright protection (helpful) or user-generated content (censorship) AOL, eBay, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Mozilla, Twitter, Yahoo …

  Facial recognition poses complex privacy issues that do not fit squarely with present laws as explored in the “Seeing is ID’ng,” a CDT report on facial recognition and privacy. The report describes the…