Part 1: The Trouble with the Data Bill and Children’s Data Will the Data Use and Access Bill fall at the final hurdle? The popular consensus on ping-pong is no, but the government’s int…| Jen Persson's blog
The words we use to define data In the 2021 Defend Digital Me report, The Words We Use in Data Policy: Putting People Back in the Picture, we examined why public conversations about personal data o…| Jen Persson's blog
The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) was established in March 2019 by children’s charity Impetus, with a £200m endowment and a ten-year mandate from the Home Office. The YEF has just published a report a…| Jen Persson's blog
What does the U.S. election outcome mean for education here? One aspect is that while the ‘Christian right’ in the UK may not be as powerful as its US counterpart, it still exerts influence on publ…| Jen Persson's blog
It’s a privilege to have a letter published in the FT as I do today, and thanks to the editors for all their work in doing so. I’m a bit sorry that it lost the punchline which was supposed to bring a touch of AI humour about pirates and their stochastic parrots. And its rather … Continue reading Pirates and their stochastic parrots→| Jen Persson's blog
Today Keir Starmer talked about us having more control in our lives. He said, “markets don’t give you control – that is almost literally their point.” This week we’ve seen it embodied in a speech given by Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, at their Financial Analyst Meeting 2024. He said that AI is on the verge … Continue reading The “new normal” is not inevitable. (1/2)→| Jen Persson's blog
Today Keir Starmer talked about us having more control in our lives. “Taking back control is a Labour argument”, he said. So let’s see it in education tech policy where parents to…| Jen Persson's blog
Recent conversations and the passage of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill in parliament, have made me think once again about what the future vision for UK children’s data could be. Some argue that processing and governance should be akin to a health model, first do no harm, professional standards, training, ISO lifecycle oversight, … Continue reading Waste products: bodily data and the datafied child→| Jen Persson's blog
In the Patrick Ness trilogy, Chaos Walking, the men can hear each others’ every thought but not the women. That exposure of their bodily data and thought, means almost impossible privacy, an…| Jen Persson's blog
Based on a talk prepared for an event in parliament, hosted by Connected By Data and chaired by Lord Tim Clement-Jones, focusing on the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, on Monday 5th D…| Jen Persson's blog
At Conservative Party Conference (“CPC22”) yesterday, the CSJ Think Tank hosted an event called, The Children of Lockdown: Where are they now? When the speakers were finished, and other…| Jen Persson's blog
A reflection for World Children’s Day 2021. In ten years’ time my three children will be in their twenties. What will they and the world around them have become? What will shape them in…| Jen Persson's blog
What school absence trends do you believe AI can spot that current methods cannot, to improve coordination between education, social care and the wider services that support families? Since the pan…| Jen Persson's blog
