Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

Effective Enforcement of a Data Protection Regime

This paper presents ideas for a new approach to enforcement of a data protection regime, based on risk-based supervision and the use of a range of responsive enforcement tools that could be deployed in advance of a breach to prevent it, or after a breach to mitigate the effects.

Primer on Suitability for Consumer Data Use and Product Design-4th Dvara Research Conference Regulating Data-Driven Finance April 5-6, 2019

he increasingly-pervasive use of personal data in the provision of financial services can enable providers to offer suitable financial products, at a scale. Internationally, suitability or appropriateness in finance is conceptualised as “the degree to which the product or service offered by the intermediary matches the retail client’s financial situation, investment objectives, level of risk tolerance, financial need, knowledge and experience”