Meet the Personal Data Superheroes - GDPR and beyond

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Is This the Real Life?

Look around you. It’s all there, right? It’s real, it’s tangible, it’s the physical world. But, what if it’s not?In the final episode of the series, Britt and Ellie discover the ideas of Simulation Theory – the concept that the world around us could be a simulated reality. Some b ...  Show more

Do We Need a New Internet?

All around the world, governments are increasingly looking at control of the internet; whether it’s to regulate content, hide or ban content or increase ownership of your data. Is this the opposite of what the internet was originally designed to be - a free, open and uncensored s ...  Show more

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