Martin Hamilton discusses issues around data sovereignty and trust. He explores challenges around determining what data is sensitive, securing data on blockchains or decentralized networks, and the role of data trusts. Hamilton concludes that keeping data secure and determining sensitivity is difficult, stakes are high, and it is important to consider who data is trusted with.
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Martin Hamilton
1. Martin Hamilton, Futurist @ Jisc
Its my data, and Ill cry if I want to
Photos: Library of Birmingham,
Graffiti art, Digbeth, Birmingham
2. 1. Trust issues
2. Data sovereignty
3. The kids are alright ?
Photo: George Orwell sculpture,
BBC Broadcasting House, London
3. 1. Trust issues
It's my data and I'll cry if I want to - Going Global 2019, Berlin3
4. Photo credit: NASA, public domain4 It's my data and I'll cry if I want to - Going Global 2019, Berlin
Climate change
Flat earthers
Antivaxxers
(etc)
Facts versus opinions
5. Photo credit: NASA, public domain5 It's my data and I'll cry if I want to - Going Global 2019, Berlin
Climate change
Flat earthers
Antivaxxers
(etc)
Facts versus opinions
6. Photo credit: Adjacking by Protest Stencil6 It's my data and I'll cry if I want to - Going Global 2019, Berlin
Surveillance capitalism
Advanced Persistent Threats
Paperclip maximiser
Weaponised opinions
7. Photo credit: Adjacking by Protest Stencil7 It's my data and I'll cry if I want to - Going Global 2019, Berlin
Surveillance capitalism
Advanced Persistent Threats
Paperclip maximiser
Weaponised opinions
9. Photo credit: Petr tefan; Tatyana Gavyuk,
People in Need Czech Republic - https://www.clovekvtisni.cz/en/
9 It's my data and I'll cry if I want to - Going Global 2019, Berlin
The battle of ideas
Libraries and archives under threat
Daesh burned over 100,000 books and
dynamited the libraries of Mosul
10. Photo credit: Petr tefan; Tatyana Gavyuk,
People in Need Czech Republic - https://www.clovekvtisni.cz/en/
10 It's my data and I'll cry if I want to - Going Global 2019, Berlin
The battle of ideas
Libraries and archives under threat
Daesh burned over 100,000 books and
dynamited the libraries of Mosul
11. It's my data and I'll cry if I want to - Going Global 2019, Berlin11
1. Obviously sensitive data e.g.
location, biometrics
2. Potentially sensitive data
e.g. politics, race, religion
3. Innocuous data could be
weaponised ?
Data dilemmas
Photos: Google Street View trike, London
Graffiti art, Digbeth, Birmingham
12. It's my data and I'll cry if I want to - Going Global 2019, Berlin12
1. Obviously sensitive data e.g.
location, biometrics
2. Potentially sensitive data
e.g. politics, race, religion
3. Innocuous data could be
weaponised ?
Data dilemmas
Photos: Google Street View trike, London
Graffiti art, Digbeth, Birmingham
13. 3. The kids are alright ?
It's my data and I'll cry if I want to - Going Global 2019, Berlin13
14. Put it on the blockchain ?
It's my data and I'll cry if I want to - Going Global 2019, Berlin14
Were not good at figuring out which
data could be sensitive
Be cautious what we put on public
immutable blockchains ?
What would a troll do ?
Is it really a blockchain if one
company is the gatekeeper ?
Photos: Cityscape, Millennium Point, Birmingham
Warning sign, Conwy Castle, Wales
15. Solid ?
It's my data and I'll cry if I want to - Going Global 2019, Berlin15
Be your own data store
Self-host your data, or choose
from a range of providers
Aspiration for the project is to re-
decentralise the web
From the original Web Developer,
Tim Berners-Lee
Photos: Old St roundabout sculpture, London
Humpty Dumpty egg at Jisc offices, London
16. Data trust ?
It's my data and I'll cry if I want to - Going Global 2019, Berlin16
Trusted third party licensed and
audited for compliance
High stakes for non-compliance
Control which data is shared and
who it is shared with
Photos: Roundel clock, Bethnal Green tube station, London
Graffiti art, The Three Tuns, Bristol
17. Conclusions
It's my data and I'll cry if I want to - Going Global 2019, Berlin17
Keeping sensitive data secure is
harder than it might seem
Figuring out which data is
sensitive is harder than it might
seem
The stakes are high, and getting
higher
Who do you trust ?
Photo: Bom Bom Patisserie, Loughborough
18. Thats all folks!
It's my data and I'll cry if I want to - Going Global 2019, Berlin18
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Martin Hamilton
Futurist
martin.hamilton@jisc.ac.uk
@martin_hamilton