Community consent

Jan 17, 2020

If we accept that individual consent for handling personal data is not working, what are the alternatives?

Dominic Cummings, government transformation and digital twins

Jan 3, 2020

Dominic Cummings has written a viral job advert (or at least it seems viral in my particular Twitter bubble). Two observations.

How can you control how data gets used?

Oct 5, 2019

Democracy Club are asking for advice on some changes they’re considering making to their API’s terms and conditions. They’re considering changes for two reasons: to enable them to track impact and to give them the right to withdraw access from those they believe are damaging democracy or Democracy Club’s reputation. Here’s my reckons.

(Being) The Elephant in the Room

Feb 10, 2019

In this post in going to write about the tensions that I find myself struggling with about ODI’s role in the wider ecosystem of organisations working around data.

My UKGovCamp 2019

Jan 20, 2019

I was at UKGovCamp yesterday for I think my 11th(?) year. Massive thanks to James, Amanda and all the rest of the campmakers for making it a brilliant day.