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Blog » Musings » HeroPress: Going back to my roots

HeroPress: Going back to my roots

15 March 2017 by Heather Burns

And that’s how I got here. https://heropress.com/essays/going-back-roots/

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Policy calendar

  • 26 February: House E&C Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on the GAO report into a federal privacy law
  • 27 February: Senate Commerce Committee hearing: "Policy Principles for a Federal Data Privacy Framework in the United States"

Open consultations

UK Government

Consultation on Digital Competition
Closed: 7 December

Consultation on the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
Closed: 5 September

Parliamentary Committee enquiries

The Right to Privacy (Article 8) and the Digital Revolution inquiry

Information Commissioner's Office

Call for views on ‘Openness by design’ – our draft access to information strategy
Closes 8 March

Call for views on updating the data sharing code of practice
Closed: 10 September

Call for evidence – Age Appropriate Design Code
Closed: 19 September

EC Digital Single Market

No open consultations
Past consultations

Scottish Government

Defamation in Scots law
Closes 5 April

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