Jen Persson is Director of defenddigitalme, a non-profit, non-partisan, data privacy and digital rights group led by parents and teachers and funded by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, which aims to make all children’s data safe, fair, and transparent across the education sector.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionAnother brick in the wall – can we save child rights from school surveillance?30 years ago the Berlin Wall fell, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was born. But British children’s...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWho’ll protect children’s rights as we leave the EU?From privacy-busting surveillance to poverty-inducing cuts, childrens’ rights are being trampled on – and as young...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesChild safeguarding cloaks state surveillance and data exploitationChild safeguarding is being used to get away with 24/7 surveillance. The government must not misuse 'child...
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Published in: ourNHSWhy is the government putting health watchdogs on the leash of ‘promoting economic growth’?Lord Tunnicliffe asked in Parliament on November 20, 2014: “are these new clauses a licence for regulators to...