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To Die or Not to Die: That is the Question

Even after the abolition of the death penalty, life and death decisions still have to be made by judges, such as whether a very seriously mentally disabled baby should be allowed to die rather than be force-fed.

Big Data: The Broken Promise of Anonymisation

It is often claimed that your personal data is safe because it has been anonymised, but computer scientists know how easy it is to re-identify the individual by matching the data against other public datasets. Anonymised detailed personal data is a contradiction - a broken promise....

Data lives forever, but we don’t

What happens to your personal data after you die? Professor...

Anonymisation and Differential Privacy

Professor Martyn Thomas CBE explains the concept of differential privacy...

Failed Anonymisation: Medical Records in Massachusetts

Are anonymised medical records really anonymous? Professor Martyn Thomas CBE...

Failed Anonymisation: Netflix

Failed Anonymisation: AOL

Is searching online safe? Professor Martyn Thomas CBE illustrates how...

Privacy: Nothing to hide, nothing to fear?

Is it really true that if you have nothing to...

Metadata: What do phone companies know about us?

What do our phone calls reveal? Professor Martyn Thomas CBE...

Armageddon in Cyberspace: An introduction

An introduction to the questions surrounding the internet today: What...