You should be aware of the amount of genetic information you might disclose in a research study – and what the benefits and risks will be.
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Organisations are on the losing side, especially those that rely on leveraging personal data to compete. But there will be a net benefit to consumers – and that’s a good thing.
Astronomers are gathering an exponentially greater amount of data every day – so much that it will take years to uncover all the hidden signals buried in the archives.
According to one study, more than 8 million people per year die early from air pollution exposure.
The routine gathering and monetisation of vast amounts of personal data has been normalised.
Australian businesses will not be forced to comply with or fall foul of the new data regulation merely because they maintain websites accessible in the EU.
We’re at a critical moment as users of Facebook. It’s our responsibility to educate ourselves about how our data is bought and sold.
When you send off a cheek swab to one of the private genome companies, you may sacrifice not just your own privacy but that of your family and your ancestors.
Facebook grapples with balancing the privacy needs of users with needs of the research community.
Canadians — and consumers around the world — have the power to hold industries accountable for misuse or unauthorized use of our data. It’s time to use it.
Statistics are political – so we should question the recent drop in government estimates of British citizens living in the EU.
The 2020 census will count same-sex couples across the US. A broader count of the LGBT population would be even better.
As cities get smarter, we need to examine carefully who gets our data and what it is used for.
Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to heavily restrict Facebook’s APIs turns an opaque social network into an unaccountable black box.
Why can’t meteorologists call the weather correctly every time? Blame the battle of the weather models.
If you’re concerned about privacy, but you’re not ready to #deletefacebook here’s what you can do, step by step, to minimise the amount of data you share.
There are more satellites than ever before, orbiting Earth and collecting data that’s crucial for scientists. Why do some nations choose not to share that data openly?
Human rights abuses might be embedded in the business model that has evolved for social media companies in their second decade.
Some experts fret that the US birthrate is on the decline. That might not be so surprising, when the cost of having children in the US has grown exponentially since the 1960s.
Facebook’s users have wildly different expectations about privacy and security. What may look like inadequate oversight in some places may be considered an overreach in others.
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Co-Founder of The Data Tank and Co-Founder and Chief Research and Development Officer of the Governance Laboratory (GovLab), New York University
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Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Demography and Public Policy, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Professor of the Practice of Data Science, Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia
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Clinical Senior Research Associate, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Director of the International Laboratory of Demography and Human Capital, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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Professor of Health Economics, University of Hong Kong
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Professor of Economics, emeritus, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Former postdoctoral researcher on machine learning applied to chemical engineering and currently science communicator for the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), University of Tokyo
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Lecturer in Data & Society, University of Edinburgh
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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