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SUMMARY:Surveillance and Employment Relations in a Data-Saturated Society 
 - David Renton (Barrister\, Garden Court Chambers)
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CONTACT:Dr Anne Alexander
DESCRIPTION:What are the implications for relations between employers and 
 workers of living in a society where passive and active forms of data coll
 ection\, near-ubiquitous connectivity and proliferating use of digital dev
 ices create highly detailed personal ‘data footprints’ combining every
 thing from location data to shopping habits\, political opinions and relig
 ious beliefs? Recent high-profile court cases have highlighted the ‘blac
 klisting’ of trade union activists by major construction companies\, bas
 ed the illegal collection of data about their presumed political opinions 
 and personal lives. In an era when billions of people use social media to 
 share information about themselves and their beliefs online\, what conside
 rations will shape future battles over the balance between rights to priva
 cy and freedom of expression in the context of employment relations?\n\nDa
 vid Renton specialises in employment law and has worked a number of high-p
 rofile cases relating to blacklisting of trade union activists by employer
 s. Before being called to the bar\, David was an academic and then a trade
  union official specialising in discrimination law.\n\n\nOpen to all but R
 egistration is required: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/surveillance-and-e
 mployment-relations-in-a-data-saturated-society-registration-27144114778.\
 n \n\nOrganised by Ethics of Big Data Research Group in collaboration with
  The Work Foundation and InformAll.
LOCATION: Room SG1\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, C
 B3 9DT
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