Board ownership of an organisation’s policy on using artificial intelligence is essential for effective governance of the technology.

For a second year running technology is the sector that garnered the most news stories about ethical lapses—with data privacy a key concern.

Senior management need to have policies, processes and people in place to address data protection risks arising from AI and GDPR.

There have been increasing concerns that the data held at Companies House is inaccurate and that its public availability is open to misuse. A recent consultation aims to resolve these issues.

The security of a company’s data is no longer an IT issue but a key concern for corporate governance, writes Fiona Reynolds of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment.

Research shows that 85% of firms in Europe and the US were not ready for the new data protection regulation by the May deadline, with a quarter confessing they would not be compliant even by the end of the year.

New York City pension fund overseer urges Facebook chairman Mark Zuckerberg to quit, as part of cleansing itself after the Cambridge Analytica data leak.

Businesses are racing to embrace the use of artificial intelligence in their products and services, but there is a right and wrong way to use it, argues Philippa Foster Back of the Institute of Business Ethics.

General Data Protection Regulation comes into force in May, with sweeping new requirements for businesses that handle personal data.

Personal data security is increasingly important, but many companies may not be ready to comply with tougher data protection laws.