The social appropriation of new technologies refers to technological and social processes of mediation in the interaction between social actors and technological devices.
The planned sharing of UK patients’ data is controversial. What lessons can be learned for ethical and legal governance of health data?
Has the GDPR changed privacy in apps? We study how third-party tracking—a common privacy threat—has changed since the GDPR was introduced.
Virtual reality—a central technology to Facebook’s metaverse ambitions—is a powerful digital sensor. But whose interests does it serve?
Feminist theories have extensively debated consent in sexual and political contexts. But what does it mean to consent when we are talking about our data bodies feeding artificial intelligence (AI) systems?
Sexism and racism intersect in the most recent debate on police use of DNA technology, building on right-wing populist sentiments.
Apps to help track fertility and menstruation proliferate, and so does the commodification of user data. How is this tendency viewed in light of the GDPR and the UCPD?
Drawing from science and technology studies (STS) and a feminist law critique, this article argues that procedural law is insufficient when addressing algorithmic discrimination and that ex ante protection may be a better way forward.
This article considers the use of AI border control technologies to manage security risks and the gendered, racialised, and sexualised impacts this may have on both regular travellers and asylum seekers.
This editorial introduces ten research articles, which form part of this special issue, exploring feminist data protection.