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The AI firm Faculty, which worked on the Vote Leave campaign, was given a £400,000 UK government contract to analyse social media data, utility bills, and credit ratings, as well as government data, to help in the fight against the coronavirus. This is at least the ninth contract awarded to Faculty since 2018, for a total of at least £1.6 million. No other firm was asked to bid on the contract, as normal public bodies’ requirements for competitive procurement have been waived in the interests…
Content type: News & Analysis
Privacy International’s Data Exploitation Programme Lead was invited to give evidence to the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence at the U.K. House of Lords. The session sought to establish how personal data should be owned, managed, valued, and used for the benefit of society.
Link to the announcement of the session: https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/ai-committee/news-parliament-2017/data-evidence-session/
Full video recording of the session:…
Content type: Advocacy
Privacy International's response to the inquiry by the House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence.