Public Sector Innovation – An Analysis of Privacy Disasters

Authors

  • Aaloka Anant CTIF Global Capsule, Aarhus University, Herning, Denmark https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2035-5610
  • Ramjee Prasad CTIF Global Capsule, Aarhus University, Herning, Denmark

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/jmm1550-4646.2017

Keywords:

Privacy, anonymisation, innovation, data security, public-sector, GDPR, cyber security

Abstract

Europe has multiple hubs for innovation. Some of them namely being Munich, Berlin, Paris, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Dublin and many more. Innovations have been the prime driver of economic progress. Most often innovations have brought a country ahead of others in economic prosperity. Innovations like steam engine, electricity, nuclear energy, internet, 5G and many more like these have changed the course of history of mankind by bringing a change in how people live their life from one generation to another. This paper highlights the challenges presented by privacy protection laws in nurturing innovation, if any. These challenges are faced by Educational Institutions as well as public sector organizations across Europe while promoting and nurturing innovation. The old way of collecting information, running surveys, collecting personal or sensitive information about people are no more acceptable due to digitisation, where hacks and security breaches are becoming commonplace. The restriction of knowledge sharing and knowledge gathering due to lack of technology to preserve privacy is also highlighted in the paper with analysis of the current situation on breaches in public sector organizations. This is an exploratory paper which analysis the GDPR fines with focus on public sector organisations and highlights the need of comprehensive action along with impact on innovation in this context.

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Author Biographies

Aaloka Anant, CTIF Global Capsule, Aarhus University, Herning, Denmark

Aaloka Anant is the founder of MAYA Data Privacy Limited, based out of Ireland. Company enables organizations to use data in a better way, complying with GDPR and other privacy regulations. He has held leadership and senior positions in SAP and Honeywell since 2004 and also worked with start-ups like Idea Device Technologies, MovidDLX, NGeneR and co-founded a non-profit organization Anant Prayas.

He is a researcher at CTIF Global Capsule, Aarhus University, Denmark since October 2019. He attained his Post Graduate degree in Enterprise Management from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and B.Sc in Electronics and Communication Engineering from BIT Sindri in India. He teaches students for Masters program in Data Science as Associate Lecturer in National College of Ireland, Dublin and has taught previously at Furtwangen University, Germany. He is actively pursuing research on the topic of Privacy Preservation. His work focusses on new approaches for privacy preservation of Enterprise data and missing technology and structural framework for achieving end-to-end data privacy.

Ramjee Prasad, CTIF Global Capsule, Aarhus University, Herning, Denmark

Ramjee Prasad, Life Fellow IEEE, Fellow IET, IETE, and WWRF, is a Professor of Future Technologies for Business Ecosystem Innovation (FT4BI) in the Department of Business Development and Technology, Aarhus University, Herning, Denmark. He is the Founder President of the CTIF Global Capsule (CGC) and Founder Chairman of the Global ICT Standardisation Forum for India.

He has been honoured by the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy as a Distinguished Professor of the Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine. He is Honorary Professor of University of Cape Town, South Africa, and University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He has received Ridderkorset af Dannebrogordenen (Knight of the Dannebrog).

He has received several international awards such as: IEEE Communications Society Wireless Communications Technical Committee Recognition Award.

He has published more than 50 books, 1000 plus journal and conference publications, more than 15 patents, over 145 PhD Graduates. Several of his students are today worldwide telecommunication leaders themselves.

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Published

2024-02-05

How to Cite

Anant, A. ., & Prasad, R. . (2024). Public Sector Innovation – An Analysis of Privacy Disasters. Journal of Mobile Multimedia, 20(01), 181–200. https://doi.org/10.13052/jmm1550-4646.2017

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Section

6G: The Road for Future Wireless Networks (SOUL)