"Globally, IPOs worth $199bn took place in 2019... concentrated in the US, which took 34% of the total, and Asia, where China and Hong Kong together took a 25% share. Only ~12.5% was in Europe, with the UK taking the largest slice: 4%" (from June 2020)
"Many UK tech start-ups that do seek to list tend to want to do so in the US on the Nasdaq or NYSE, which are viewed as a better destination for growth companies....
That is a conundrum UK market authorities need to think about."
"Brexit means London will be under more pressure to compete not only with New York and Hong Kong, both of which offer dual-class structures, but also with other European cities; dual-class structures are also possible on Euronext Amsterdam."
"Some app developers were not aware who their users' location data ends up with. Even if a user examines an app's privacy policy, they may not realize how many different industries, companies, or govt agencies are buying some of their most sensitive data"
"U.S. law enforcement purchase of such information has raised questions about authorities buying their way to location data that may ordinarily require a warrant to access."
The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) contract and additional reporting is the first evidence that U.S. location data purchases have extended from law enforcement to military agencies."
"Prof Christophe Fraser- an epidemiologist advising NHSX - said there are 2 main benefits to choosing a centralised system: : (1) it made it possible to ask people to self-diagnose rather than wait for test results, because any mass attempt to abuse the process could be detected"
"(2) the collected data could be used to fine-tune the system to deliver different kinds of alerts depending on the risk scores calculated"
“Scanning people’s faces as they lawfully go about their daily lives in order to identify them is a potential threat to privacy that should concern us all,” Denham (@iconews) said. “That is especially the case if it is done without people’s knowledge or understanding.”
@ICOnews "Last month the House of Commons science and technology committee suggested authorities cease trials of such technology until a legal framework was established."