The extractive sector, with its potent cocktail of high financial stakes and intricate global supply chains, has long been viewed as a fertile ground for corruption. In this introductory section of an insight, originally published by McGill Journal of Dispute Resolution, we set the scene of the entire publication.
2024 provided us with another year with a number of developments in the data protection space – whether it's from privacy activist activity, key CJEU decisions, supervisory authority enforcement action or the development of AI regulation and proposals to reform UK data protection laws.
In this article, we explore the role of technology in UK public inquiries and ask the question of whether some participants could feel excluded if they don't have access to technology as part of the process.