Apple, IBM executives call for increased data oversight in the wake of Facebook row
Executives from Apple and IBM have called for more oversight on how personal data is used following the Facebook Inc breach that saw more than 50 million users’ data misused…
Financial services for good: ‘Data Nations’ team wins 24-hour Deloitte datathon
The overall winner of the second annual Datathon, hosted by business advisory firm Deloitte, was ‘Data Nations’, a team of data experts who developed FinTastic; a digital tool to help…
Cambridge Analytica suspends chief executive as Facebook faces crisis over data
Cambridge Analytica, the firm used by Donald Trump in his 2016 presidential campaign and currently embroiled in controversy over its use of Facebook data, has suspended its chief executive Alexander…
Facebook hires digital forensics experts to audit Cambridge Analytica’s servers
Facebook has hired Stroz Friedberg, the cybersecurity firm that worked with Yahoo and Sony after they were hacked, to conduct a comprehensive audit of Cambridge Analytica, the consultancy used by…
Big data can deliver big benefits for society at large
Sparks can fly when you bring together good people with great ideas. And that’s the thinking behind our upcoming Datathon, which brings together hand-picked experts in data from a wide…
WhatsApp signs public commitment not to share personal data with Facebook
WhatsApp has signed public commitment not to share personal data with Facebook until data protection concerns are addressed, said Elizabeth Denham, the UK Information Commissioner. Denham’s office has completed an…
Dundee’s public hack this weekend will showcase power of data
As DataFest18 prepares to launch next week, the Dundee Public Data Hack will be held at Whitespace in Abertay University this weekend (17-18 March). It is one of more than…
Data protection vacancies increase by four times the UK average
Data protection vacancies have increased by four times the UK average, according to an analysis, with 25% of the jobs advertised this year – just months before the General Data…
‘Wouldn’t it be neat to take a walk through nineteenth century Dundee?’
Wittin, a company dedicated to democratising data, is working in partnership with Abertay University and Dundee City Council, to host the Dundee Public Data Hack alongside DataFest18. The event is…
Dundee’s public data hack releases its first challenge
Wittin, a company dedicated to democratising data, is working in partnership with Abertay University and Dundee City Council, to host the Dundee Public Data Hack alongside DataFest18. The event is…