The spread of anti-vaccination misinformation on social media, (and its implications for public health and the global fight against COVID-19) is a textbook example of how misinformation can have serious real world effects particularly while we tackle the virus. In advance of a webinar for SCL in September looking at causation in civil cases, a team of economists and data experts from FTI Consulting explain how social media data, artificial intelligence and traditional statistical analysis can be deployed – together – to examine important questions of causation arising from ‘fake news’….

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Paper discusses benefits and risks of personalised pricing for consumers….

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Ofcom says that data and innovation should work in the interests of consumers in communications markets….

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Google’s commitment to create data silo insufficient to address Commission’s initial concerns….

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Home Office will now carry out data protection and equality impact assessments on its replacement….

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In the middle of March 2020, court buildings around the world began to close in response to the rapid spread of a newly identified coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 (the “virus”). Within days, alternative ways of delivering court service were put in place in many jurisdictions. The uptake of various technologies, especially video, was accelerated in the justice…

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Guidance comes as part of ICO’s commitment to enable good data protection practice in AI….

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HMCTS should ensure that court users are sufficiently able to follow and participate in virtual processes…

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Volker Matz and Rijk Detiger extol the benefits of using physical visual management in complex IT projects and illustrate their thinking with real project examples for design thinking, process optimisation and programme & project management…

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Consultation, which considers online contract formation and sales in depth, closes 31 October….

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