New study shows that popular wearables such as watches, and rings with bioimpedance technology could interfere with CIEDs in patients. Stay informed and stay safe! #SmartDevices#CIEDs#HealthSafety
https://t.co/HCtX85qRrx
Tesla! 😱 Intimate car camera images shared without consent, a clear violation of GDPR. Time for stricter data protection enforcement and accountability for companies. #Tesla#GDPR#privacy#dataprotection"
🚨UK AI regulation: Govt prioritising economic growth over caution & differentiating from EU approach. Willing to be reckless pioneer & let AI be the bully in the 'sandbox'?💥 #AIregulation#UKGovt#EconomicGrowth#EUapproach#TechNews
Are you aware of the vulnerabilities of technologies like Connected Cars, Wearables and Smart Homes? Our growing dependence on these devices can have significant social, psychological and ethical implications. #CyborgVulnerability#ConsumerPolicy
Are we witnessing the rise of a new post-human era with the emergence of cyborg vulnerability in the Internet of Things? The evolution of human-machine relationships invites us to reconsider our assumptions about what it means to be human. #cyborg#IoT#posthuman"
New UK Gov AI whitepaper appears to leave significant gaps, with no new powers announced, that could leave consumers and citizens vulnerable in the face of systems like GPT-4 rapidly proliferating! #GPT4
https://t.co/QO44BPvKNn
Does anyone from @Apple, @Google or @amazon want to talk to us? Getting lots of responses from smaller companies for interviews but noting from the big players🤔
FYI we're interested in business practices regarding product liability, servitisation, bricking, and personalisation
Person centred care and risk aversion are not necessarily mutually exclusive goals in healthcare!
Please read Irlanda's new article: The Role of (Mid)Wife: The Challenges of Positive Birth Experience During Vbac @TPM_Journal
https://t.co/meH8aDpJZ7
The difference between natural and artificial is now ambiguous. "Our machines are disturbingly lively, and we ourselves frighteningly inert." (Donna Haraway)
Digital surveillance is omniscient, knowing not only what has occurred or what is occurring in real-time, but also what will occur, or is, at least, likely to occur based on data analysis. Reality is simulated in these predictions, and interventions are based on that simulation
Deleuze - "People drive infinitely and ‘freely’ without being at all confined yet while being perfectly controlled. This is our future".
Can consumer-centric data models and privacy-by-design release us from the dangers of ‘perfect control’ in the digital economy?
Traditional conceptions of privacy are being
hollowed out and distorted by technology. Traditional notions of consent and meeting of the minds in contract are being stretched to breaking point
Great book on the datafication of government and shift to a platform-based economy. the argument is that the practical power and authority of platforms is a powerful force reshaping the law in its own image https://t.co/g18S465Ppx
in 2018 Citizens Advice and Traverse did an interesting piece of research on the benefits and risks of smart home tech for consumers. We plan on doing some empirical work building on this type of work expanding to Connected cars and wearables too and looking at legal solutions!