Tag: Blog

The European Central Bank’s Blog Post on Bitcoin ETFs

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Moreover, it seems wrong that Bitcoin should not be subject to strong regulatory intervention, up to practically forbidding it. The belief that one is protected from the effective access of law enforcement authorities can be quite deceptive, even for decentralised autonomous organisation (DAO). DAOs are member-owned digital communities, without central leadership, that are based on blockchain technology. A recent case involved BarnBridge DAO, which was fined more than $1.7 million by the SEC for failing to register the offer and sale of crypto securities. Despite claiming autonomy, the DAO settled…

Blog: Protecting privacy during a pandemic: our work on the UK’s Covid apps

25 April 2023 Ian Hulme is the ICO’s Director of Regulatory Assurance. He led our operational response to the pandemic and leads our stakeholder relationships with the health and care sector. The ICO’s work is often in the headlines, and our recent enforcement action against TikTok for allowing over a million UK children to use its platform without parental consent brought international media attention. In practice, the majority of our work to protect people’s privacy rights has a far lower profile. Making sure people are considering data protection at an…

LIVE BLOG: Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade

12:37 p.m. (MN): Ethereum developers’ comments continue to roll in showcasing their faith in tonight’s Shapella upgrade. “I’m feeling confident that our rigorous testing will be fruitful this evening, and looking forward to a smooth Shapella activation. I’m curious to see how the withdrawal/deposit queues will play out in a few months of time,” said Barnabas Busa, a DevOps engineer at the Ethereum Foundation, to me via DM on Discord. Source

Blog: Balancing people’s privacy rights with the need to prevent crime

31 March 2023 Stephen Bonner is the ICO’s Deputy Commissioner for Regulatory Supervision. He leads programmes of work to develop strategic ICO positions on technology issues such as data, supervision of the large technology platforms and online harms. From unlocking our mobile phones to online banking verification, facial recognition technology has become an accepted part of our everyday lives. But how do we feel about live facial recognition technology, enabling CCTV cameras in public places to identify us while we’re out and about? Is it really necessary to have our faces…

Blog: Director’s Update – celebrating success and challenging ourselves for the future

28 March 2023 Warren Seddon is ICO Director of Freedom of Information and Transparency responsible for the ICO’s freedom of information (FOI) policy and guidance. Warren also oversees the handling of people’s complaints to the ICO over public authorities’ responses to requests for information under the FOI Act and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR).   It’s just over a year since my first blog when I said that I wanted to keep you up to date on how we are improving our service, including how we will tackle our backlog of…

Blog: Why addressing AI-driven discrimination is so important

08 March 2023 For International Women’s Day, Sophia Ignatidou, Group Manager for AI and Data Science, discusses how bias can arise in AI, the importance of addressing AI-driven discrimination and how we can all work towards equity in these systems. Her blog also appears on the International Women’s Day website. As a woman who also became an immigrant, the concepts of equity and inclusion have always been close to my heart. My career began as a journalist, working for newspapers across both Greece and the UK. I wanted to have…

Former Bitcoin Dev Gavin Andresen Revises 2016 Blog Post, Calls Trust in Craig Wright a ‘Mistake’ – Bitcoin News

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During the first week of Feb. 2023, the United Kingdom Court of Appeal overturned a High Court decision from March 2022 in the case of Craig Wright’s Tulip Trading Limited (TTL) vs. 16 cryptocurrency developers. The case will proceed to trial as Wright, who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, stated his team was “delighted” with the judges’ decision to overturn the March dismissal. Meanwhile, former Bitcoin core developer Gavin Andresen revised a 2016 blog post, insisting that it was a “mistake to trust Craig Wright as much as I did.”…

Blog: Addressing concerns on the use of AI by local authorities

A blog by Stephen Bonner, Deputy Commissioner – Regulatory Supervision 19 January 2023 So many of people’s interactions with the government, both local and central, involve us handing over data about ourselves. This could be as simple as our name or date of birth, or as personal as our financial history or health information. People should feel confident that this data is handled appropriately, lawfully, and fairly. This should especially be the case when accessing welfare or social support, where an individual may be at their most vulnerable. They should…