Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data
Have you ever been denied insurance, a loan, or a job? Have you had your credit card number stolen? Do you have to wait too long when you call customer service? You might have the data economy to thank for all that and more.
Digital technology is stealing our personal data and with it our power to make free choices. To reclaim that power, and our democracy, we must take back control of our personal data. Surveillance is undermining equality. We are being treated differently on the basis of our data. But what can we do?
Join the author of Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data, Carissa Véliz and Professor Rasmus Nielsen, Lead Researcher on the Oxford Martin Programme on Misinformation, Science and Media, as they discuss the need to understand the power of data better, how we can start protecting our privacy and how we need regulation. It is time to pull the plug on the surveillance economy.
Date:
6 October 2020, 17:00 (Tuesday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2020)
Venue:
Online
Speakers:
Dr Carissa Veliz (University of Oxford),
Professor Rasmus Nielsen (Oxford Martin Programme on Misinformation, Science and Media)
Organising department:
Oxford Martin School
Organiser:
Clara Bowyer (University of Oxford, Oxford Martin School)
Organiser contact email address:
events@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/privacy-is-power
Booking email:
events@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Cost:
free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Clara Bowyer
