Big tech versus regulation - the start of an interesting decade

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An almighty battle is brewing over control and sovereignty of citizens' data

As we head towards 2021, governments around the world are grappling with how to manage what will be a digital decade. If nothing else has come out of Covid-19's collection of Track and Trace app...

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