The control of personal data is critical and sacred to our human autonomy, self determination and ability to advance ourselves. This is especially relevant of our children’s data and their digital foot print. Metadata that is captured while learning, while using a mobile device is secret and provides deep insights…

This is a task we have been working on at the Kantara Initiative, mapping and developing the identity governance policy terminology. PII Principle, PII Processor, PII Controller, Joint-Controller, 3rd Party and regulating authority. This stakeholder framework is further extended by ISO/IEC 29184, (for notice rules and consent structure ), then…

Towards Trustworthy Zero-Trust Identity (aka Self Soverign Identity Technologies) (Measuring the control, surveillance and security of digital identity for SSI Risk transparency and human trust) There are 2 types (or definitions) of identity and data governance which are critically important…

Brexit aside, certain parts of the UK government, namely the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which is the United Kingdom’s privacy regulator, is taking aggressive privacy forward steps. These steps are in concert with the EU to protect British citizens and organisations. …

The end of privacy 1.0, is on May 25th, when privacy laws become enforceable by people, and when the market has its first change to really innovate. To mark this historic moment we are hosting 3 workshops with standards organisations and industry to drive the global privacy dialogue forward. Working to collaborate across industries, trade associtations, communities an standards efforts. Through liaisons provide a report that will feed input back to Kantara, BSIA, SIA, BSI, OASIS, ISO and the big MyData 2018 conference in Helsinki Aug 29th.

By Dr. Frances Burns & Elizabeth Nelson Frances Burns and @elnelson Research is vital for creating knowledge and improving societal impacts for our populations. The Administrative Data Research Network (ADRN) which the Administrative Data Research Centre Northern Ireland (ADRC-NI) operates enables new economic and social research using linked, unconsented administrative data…

Updates for the consent receipt and how to make consent interoperable policy. Intro If you live in a country where you can vote then you live in a society that is ruled by the principles of consent. Consent is a concept that goes deep to the core of democratic society. Over…

(second in a series on operational consent for My Data) The concept of consent is a very old and very personal topic to each and every human and in society dates back to the fight for self determination represented in the Magna Carta. To understand modern consent, and more importantly…