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A broader approach to digital regulation: Empowering users by enabling active choices online

Jessica Bancroft and Grace Elcock, 18 August 2021 - Data, Public engagement, Responsible innovation

In February 2020, we published our review of online targeting, which included a number of recommendations to government, regulators and industry, regarding how data is used to shape the online experience. In the final report, we recommended that online platforms …

Empowering the user to make active choices online

Nathan Bookbinder-Ryan, 25 November 2020 - Ethical innovation

Today we have published an update report on our work with the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) and Doteveryone, that follows on from our review of online targeting. Since March, we have been working to understand how, by changing how technology …

Public attitudes on the fair use of data and algorithms in finance

Lara Macdonald, 14 May 2020 - Algorithms, Bias, Data collection, Decision-making

Financial companies are increasingly using complex algorithms to make decisions regarding loans or insurance - algorithms that look for patterns in data which are associated with risks of default or high insurance claims. This raises risks of bias and discrimination …

Reflecting on the CDEI’s Snapshot on AI & Personal Insurance

Benedict Dellot, 13 February 2020 - AI & Insurance, Snapshots

If 2020 is going to be the year that we get serious about ethical principles, as many commentators in the AI and ethics community claim, I can think of few better places to begin than with personal insurance.

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