Stuart Solomons, founder of Ernie Connects, a free communications platform developed specifically for older people, explains the pitfalls of data collection on care home residents.
The use of data is a hot topic right now. Working in the UK care sector, it greatly concerns me when I see news stories on how data is stored and used by some businesses, more often without the consent or knowledge of those it has been extracted from.
One highly anticipated and ongoing case on the use of peoples’ data is the landmark case alleging Google illegally tracked millions of iPhone users, which is being heard in the Supreme Court.
It will decide whether to overturn a Court of Appeal decision that allowed Richard Lloyd, a former director of the consumer rights group Which?, to represent millions of phone users.
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