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Jul 12, 2018
Using Yoti as ID at festivals and clubs in Jersey
This summer marks the first time that Yoti can be used as ID at festivals. Last weekend, on a sunny Saturday on the island of Jersey, revellers at Out There festival used the Yoti app to prove they were over 18 and gain entry to the festival. Instead of having to take valuable ID documents to events, people in Jersey can now use Yoti to securely store and share their personal details. Meaning their passports stay safe at home when they head out for a night (or whole day) of drinking. The new way to prove who you are
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Jul 03, 2018
New adventures in digital identity
A few months ago, as I planned my move to a new Head of Social Impact role at Yoti, I started to do a little digging into who was saying what, and doing what, in the world of digital identity. At the risk of stating the obvious, it’s a bit of a hot topic right now (along with drones, big data, AI and 3D printing). I wasn’t surprised to find well over two dozen fairly recent papers and reports on the challenges and potential of digital identity in global development. Between accepting my new role and my start date, someone
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Jul 01, 2018
Getting to grips with GDPR: The right to be informed
You may have been hearing a lot lately about GDPR – the new data protection law that comes into force on 25 May. There is a lot of information and misinformation out there and it can be confusing to understand what’s going on and whether you should be bothered about it. One area of confusion is the rights you have, some of which have been strengthened or amended and some are new. Over the next few weeks we aim to demystify the rights with a series of blog posts – one on each right – to
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Jun 29, 2018
DataKind UK: using data science for good
We invest a lot of time and effort into supporting other socially minded organisations. As part of our efforts, we regularly invite those organisations to use our Park area for meetups, talks and workshops. Last week we hosted DataKind UK and Global Witness who spoke to a large audience of friends and supporters about their work uncovering problems in the UK’s Companies Register. In this guest post, Suzy East from DataKind UK tells us a bit more about the project they presented. Using data science for good What do you get if you cross four do-gooding data scientists, a
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Jun 26, 2018
Getting to grips with GDPR: The right to have data restricted
The sixth article in our series on GDPR rights is about the right to have data restricted. Catch up on previous articles on your right to be informed, the access right, correction right, deletion right, and the right to object. Part 6: The right to have data restricted This right is not strictly new, as current law provides for a court to be able to order an organisation to restrict their processing of certain data, but GDPR makes it a right you can exercise directly with an organisation. This right is essentially like putting your personal data in limbo
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Jun 11, 2018
Getting to grips with GDPR: The right to object
The fifth blogpost in our series on GDPR rights is about the objection right. Catch up on previous articles on your right to be informed, your access right, your correction right, and your deletion right. Part 5: The right to object There is already a right to object in current UK data protection law (the right to prevent processing), but it is set out a little differently to the GDPR right. In both current law and GDPR there are two aspects to this right: The right to object to direct marketing. The right to object to other processing of