Podcast appearances and mentions of jim killock

Richard Tice starts the show, talking about the latest with the track and trace app. Jim Killock from the Open Rights Group speaks to Mike about the Matt Hancock CCTV and how devices have been seized from two houses. Lewis MacLeod gives Mike his best impression. Angela Levin and Mike discuss the Duke and Duchess of Netflix and finally the Perrior Awards with Izzy Rowland. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Andrew Pierce talks to Professor Robert Dingwall on why the Government needs to focus on messaging to make people less fearful as ‘Freedom Day' looms, and speaks to privacy campaigner Jim Killock of Open Rights Group on why racist abuse directed at black players is a problem for the government, not social networks. Plus, Mary Ann Sieghart on why sexism should be treated the way as racism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Pierce talks to Jim Killock, executive director of Open Rights Group, about whether 'vaccine passports' to access pubs and restaurants could pose a chilling privacy risk, and speaks to award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright about the latest twist in the disastrous VIP child abuse inquiry. Plus, is your child one of thousands sitting on up to £400m in lost savings? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Britain in lockdown, the government has been racing to find ways to ease restrictions without putting public safety at risk. One solution is a contact-tracing app that can enable digital contact-tracing on a large scale using bluetooth. One such app is under development by NHSX with researchers from Oxford University. Though tech giants Apple and Google announced they would tweak their smartphone operating systems to help digital contact-tracing, the UK is an outlier in rejecting this approach. Is Britain sleepwalking into another coronavirus blunder by failing to listen to global consensus and expert analysis with the release of this app? Does NHSX, as IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has suggested, have all the hallmarks of another government IT fiasco?  Emma Revell, IEA Head of Communications, is joined by Victoria Hewson, Head of Regulatory Affairs at the Institute of Economic Affairs, and Jim Killock, Executive Director of Open Rights Group. In the episode, Victoria refers to her blog post for the IEA website which you can read here https://iea.org.uk/the-nhsx-contact-tracing-app-unresolved-civil-liberties-and-privacy-issues/

It's crucial that apps designed to help us battle coronavirus also protect our privacy as otherwise their take-up and so public health will suffer. That's the key point made by the Open Rights Group's Jim Killock in the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts as we discussed the potential risks to our civil liberties from the different attempts to track who people have been in contact with. Such contact tracing is essential to tackling coronavirus, but how can it be done best? Listen to find out... Feedback very welcome, and do share this podcast with others who you think may enjoy it. Show notes How Australia is legislating for a contact tracing app in ways that protect people's rights. The German approach to protecting civil liberties while tracking people to tackle coronavirus. Problems with the British approach. Join the Open Rights Group. Jim Killock on Twitter. Photo credit: Rieo from Pixabay. Enjoy the show? Spread the word Follow the show on Twitter. Like the show on Facebook. Subscribe, rate or review via your favourite podcasting platform - links here.

The UK plans to introduce compulsory age verification for anyone in the country to access online porn - but is this a good way of restricting children's access, or a serious threat to privacy? Ed Butler speaks to Jim Killock, executive director of Open Rights Group, who fears that the move could have terrible unforeseen consequences if it enabled for example a major leak of data about people's identities and porn habits. Systems of blocking access to children do already exist, as Alastair Graham, co-chair of the Age Verification Providers Association, explains. But ultimately is relying on technology to stop children stumbling across graphic hardcore images enough? Claire Levens of advocacy group Internet Matters, who welcomes the move, says parents also need to be willing to open up a dialogue with their own children. (Picture: Young boy looking at phone screen; Credit: Clark and Company/Getty Images)

Discussants: John Naughton, David Vincent, Julian Huppert, Nora Ni Loideain Chair: Daniel Wilson On 16 November 2016, both Houses of Parliament completed their examination and review of the Investigatory Powers Bill and it will become law before the end of 2016. When it was first published in draft form a year ago, the then Home Secretary, Theresa May, promised that the Bill would establish a “world-leading oversight regime” with “powers fit for the digital age” that would be “clear and understandable”. Nevertheless, the Bill has since been the subject of considerable controversy. Advocates, including, Professor Sir David Omand (a former Director of GCHQ ), stress that the importance of the new statute cannot be overestimated as it puts the secret surveillance activities of the State “under the rule of law” for the first time in 500 years and makes such powers “comprehensible to the citizen”. Critics, however, argue that the new law provides the State with unprecedented powers that are “more suited to a dictatorship than a democracy” (Jim Killock, Executive Director, Open Rights Group). Civil society organisations have described the law as a “Snooper’s Charter”. Of particular concern is the scope of powers provided under the law which will enable public authorities “to indiscriminately hack, intercept, record, and monitor the communications and internet use of the entire population” (Bella Sankey, Policy Director, Liberty). In its final event of the Technology and Democracy Project’s 2016 seminar series, an interdisciplinary panel of speakers will address the political, historical, technological and human rights implications posed by this divisive new legislative framework. Please join us for a discussion of what kind of precedent this significant new law represents for technology and democracy both within and beyond the UK.

In the twelfth edition of the Secure Sessions podcast, Josh and our interviewee, Jim Killock, got into the thick of state-sponsored surveillance. Comparing the stark contrast between the US and UK in permitted Internet access as well as surveillance practices, questions of ethics arise. Listen to the podcast now for an eye-opening discussion about Snooper's Charter, the excuses used to advance the surveillance state, and more!

On Wednesday 29th April 2015 Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group, spoke at the Emmanuel College Law Society on the subject of "How digital rights are undermined by mass surveillance: why it matters and what we can do about it". The Open Rights Group is a not for profit organisation which campaigns on a wide range of civil liberties issues, including mass surveillance, copyright, censorship, data protection and open data and privacy.

On Wednesday 29th April 2015 Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group, spoke at the Emmanuel College Law Society on the subject of "How digital rights are undermined by mass surveillance: why it matters and what we can do about it". The Open Rights Group is a not for profit organisation which campaigns on a wide range of civil liberties issues, including mass surveillance, copyright, censorship, data protection and open data and privacy.

On Wednesday 29th April 2015 Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group, spoke at the Emmanuel College Law Society on the subject of "How digital rights are undermined by mass surveillance: why it matters and what we can do about it". The Open Rights Group is a not for profit organisation which campaigns on a wide range of civil liberties issues, including mass surveillance, copyright, censorship, data protection and open data and privacy.

On Wednesday 29th April 2015 Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group, spoke at the Emmanuel College Law Society on the subject of "How digital rights are undermined by mass surveillance: why it matters and what we can do about it". The Open Rights Group is a not for profit organisation which campaigns on a wide range of civil liberties issues, including mass surveillance, copyright, censorship, data protection and open data and privacy.

The final Digital Rights Update with Jim Killock and we discuss Android 5.0, the Sony Pictures Hack as well as the impending threat of J. J. Abrams.