Data protection and privacy around the world

Are you protected? Oil changed the world in the 1900s. It drove cars, it drove the whole chemical industry. Data, I look at it as the new oil. It’s going to change most industries across the board. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich Laws are one of the the greatest human technologies ever created. They are used to govern human interactions and

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Logistics is the key to thriving in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Connectivity, Flows and the management of connectivity and flows

If I had to boil the Fourth Industrial Revolution down to its basics I would say it consist of three things. And these are: Connectivity Flows Management of  connectivity and flows   Connectivity Connectivity is often synonymous with digital or technological connectivity, and rightfully so as it is a major means and mode of connectivity. Connectivity, in the Fourth Industrial

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Regulating online content Join the policy debate, your future may depend on it

I don’t pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about. – Arthur C. Clarke The question is not if we should regulate online content. Content is already regulated to a lesser to greater extent, mainly lesser, but regulated non the less. The open question then remains: is how do we as societies find the right

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Data: the fuel powering business innovation in the fourth industrial revolution Using location data to create value and wealth

Some estimates say the global market for core geographical information will exceed $13bn (£9.6bn) by 2025.   – Consultancy firm Navigant. It is easy to see why many claim that data is the new oil. And it’s true. The use of data to power business is everywhere and growing.  Just “think of Uber, Deliveroo, Airbnb, the development of driverless cars, and

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