Projects

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Deeper Learning? Marketing, Personal Data and Privacy after Surveillance Capitalism

(2021—2022)

A Report to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, under the 2021-2022 Contributions Program April 2022 By David Murakami Wood & Stephen Thomas, with Kelley McConvey and David Eliot
Big Data Surveillance

Big Data Surveillance

(2015—2020)

In the world of big data surveillance, huge amounts of data are sucked into systems that store, combine and analyze them, to create patterns and reveal trends that can be used for Security, Marketing and Governance
Screening Surveillance

Screening Surveillance

(2019—2022)

Screening Surveillance is a short film series that uses near future fiction storytelling based on research to highlight potential social and privacy issues that arise as a result of big data surveillance.
The New Transparency

The New Transparency

(2008—2015)

The New Transparency makes visible the identities of individuals, workings of institutions and flows of information in ways never before seen.
Globalization of Personal Data

Globalization of Personal Data

(2003—2007)

An investigation of some of the many ways that personal data flow across borders, with a special focus on increased security concerns after 9/11, and the goal of highlighting and explaining the social, political and economic consequences of those flows.