Especially relevant for MyData are: Urbanization: Two-thirds of us will live in cities; Transparency: Our world will become even more open — and less private; Technology Shifts: The internet of things will have won the day, and every new device will be connected.

IBM and Microsoft are among the first to sign the Vatican’s “Rome Call for AI Ethics.”

Call for papers for the Data for Policy Conference (London, 15-16 September 2020) on data governance models, data sharing agreements, imbalances of power, ethical values and struggles for justice. Deadline 20 April 2020. And there is also a call for pre-conf workshops and tutorials here.

A BBC data request reveals what data is being stored by the Amazon-owned business about its users.

Facebook “Download Your Information” feature only gives you part of the picture. Information about advertisers uploading lists with your personal information is limited in time and prevents users from exercising their rights.

Iain has written up some thoughts on how to make practical progress on data portability and data inter-operability; he’s happy to discuss further in Amsterdam. The short version is that this work will require getting right down into the data weeds.

We are releasing a reference dataset of over 1 million privacy policy snapshots from more than 100,000 websites, spanning over two decades.