Each week the Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project prepares an overview of related news stories from the week:
Big Data
EXCLUSIVE- In-progress UN report on Big Data and Open Data- Defining Issues and Mitigating Risks – OpenGov Asia
Privacy and Surveillance
The Guardian view on data sharing: the privacy of citizens is being eroded – The Guardian
ACLU wants 23 secret surveillance laws made public – The Intercept
Why don’t we know more about Trump’s and Clinton’s cybersecurity policies? – Future Tense
Labour peers under fire for backing expansion of surveillance powers – The Guardian
Instead of fighting terror, Prevent is creating a climate of fear – The Guardian
Health
An empirical study of mHealth adoption in a developing country: the moderating effect of gender concern – BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Big Data poised to lower health care costs – Market Wired
Doctors beat algorithms on diagnosis- study – digitalhealth.net
Humanitarian Crises
Tech community puts on its thinking app to help refugees – Irish Times
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