Data Innovation

Not Granting GDPR Adequacy to the UK Would Be a Mistake
Threatening to make it harder for the U.K. to engage in digital trade with the EU is a misguided move that will cause the EU to only fall further behind in the digital economy. To stay competitive post-Brexit and in the digital economy, the EU should ensure its data protection framework facilitates rather than obstructs data transfers with the U.K. and allow easier international transfers with more countries.
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November 13, 2020
Book Talk on “The Reasonable Robot: AI and the Law” with Ryan Abbott
Please join ITIF’s Center for Data Innovation for a conversation with Ryan Abbott on his new book The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law.
October 14, 2020
How Will Quantum Computing Shape the Future of AI?
Join ITIF’s Center for Data Innovation for a discussion about the impact quantum computing will have on AI, the current state of the field and near-term challenges, and the role that policy can play in accelerating this paradigm shift in computing and AI.
October 2, 2020
Book Talk on “Democratizing Our Data: A Manifesto,” With Julia Lane
Please join ITIF’s Center for Data Innovation for a conversation with Julia Lane about her new book Democratizing Our Data: A Manifesto.
September 14, 2020
Not Granting GDPR Adequacy to the UK Would Be a Mistake
Threatening to make it harder for the U.K. to engage in digital trade with the EU is a misguided move that will cause the EU to only fall further behind in the digital economy. To stay competitive post-Brexit and in the digital economy, the EU should ensure its data protection framework facilitates rather than obstructs data transfers with the U.K. and allow easier international transfers with more countries.
September 14, 2020
Fact of the Week: Engaging in Cross-Border Data Transfers Increases Firms’ Productivity by 6.1 Percent
Cross-border data flows represent a critical component of the increasingly digital global economy. A new study of Japanese firms estimates the influence these flows have had, finding that firms which transmit data internationally increase their productivity by 6.1 percent, on average.
August 17, 2020
Fact of the Week: Canada’s Stock of Data in 2018 Was Worth Up to $164 Billion
The Canadian government undertook a project to estimate the value of the nation’s data, finding that in 2018 the total stock of data was worth between $118 billion and $164 billion.
July 31, 2020
Response to the European Commission’s Inception Impact Assessment “Legislative Framework for the Governance of Common European Data Spaces”
The Center for Data Innovation submitted feedback to the European Commission’s roadmap titled “Legislative framework for the governance of common European data spaces.”
July 22, 2020
Will the EU Data Strategy Prepare Europe to Lead in the Data Economy?
Join ITIF's Center for Data Innovation to discuss how various stakeholders view these proposals, and to assess the extent to which the EU’s data strategy is on track to strengthen EU competitiveness and innovation.
July 7, 2020
EU Policymakers Should Ignore AI Concern Trolls
AI detractors believe the potential risks of AI outweigh the benefits. But this ignores the overwhelming examples of how AI is having a positive impact in many areas of the economy and society. If EU policymakers want to foster rapid development and adoption of AI they should follow the innovation principle which says that when technological innovations benefit society and pose modest and not irreversible risks, government’s role should be to pave the way for widespread innovation while building guardrails, where necessary, to limit harms.
June 30, 2020
Response to the European Commission’s “Inception Impact Assessment for Clarifying Responsibilities for Digital Services”
The Center for Data Innovation submitted feedback to the European Commission’s roadmap titled “Digital Services Act package: Deepening the internal market and clarifying responsibilities for digital services.”

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