Google’s Schmidt to Mydex: yes, individuals should own their data

So it comes to the crunch. How will Google, world’s most successful online business and cloud services provider, react to the inevitable emerging reality of user control over personal data? With grace, to judge by the reaction of chairman Eric Schmid…

10 steps towards the Big Society

Reclaiming control over our personal data could be one pillar of David Cameron’s Big Society plans, argues Geoff Mulgan. In a new publication Investing for social growth the Young Foundation director sets out a practical 10-step programme to make th…