Building trust in the digital era: achieving Scotland's aspirations as an ethical digital nation

An Expert group supported by public and stakeholder insights has reviewed evidence and provided recommendations which will support and inform future policy. The report has a focus on building trust with the people of Scotland through engaging them in digital decisions that affect their lives.


Footnotes

1. How should Scotland best respond to the digital revolution in an ethical way? (org.uk)

2. Responsible Research and Innovation in Practice (.eu)

3. The ethics and value of contact tracing apps: International insights and implications for Scotland’s COVID-19 response

4. EU guidelines on ethics in artificial intelligence: Context and implementation (europa.eu)

5. Objects of Trust: The ethics and value of contact tracing apps: International insights and implications for Scotland’s COVID-19 response

6. The ethics and value of contact tracing apps: International insights and implications for Scotland’s COVID-19 response

7. Scottish Twitter ‘has a problem with bots’ (Extracted from National bbc.co.uk)

8. Climate Change Policy (gov.scot)

9. Children and digital dumpsites: e-waste exposure and child health (who.int)

10.Design for a circular economy: reducing the impacts of the products we use (org.uk)

11. Global E-waste monitor 2020 (itu.int)

12. Scotland’s AI Strategy

13. Digital Inclusion Synthesis report, Snook 2019

14. Digital Inclusion Synthesis report, Snook 2019

15. Scottish Government (2021) Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland - 2019/20 https://www.gov.scot/isbn/9781802010312

16. O’Hare, Paul. “COVID in Scotland: What impact has lockdown had on crime?” https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-54342312

17. Scottish Government (2020) ‘Domestic abuse and other forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG) during COVID-19 lockdown for the period 30/3/20 - 22/05/20’. https://www.gov.scot/isbn/9781839608292 Scottish Government (2020) Coronavirus (COVID-19): domestic abuse and other forms of violence against women and girls during Phases 1, 2 and 3 of Scotland’s route map (22 May to 11 August 2020) https://www.gov.scot/isbn/9781800040786

18. Scottish Womens’ Aid (2021). Crisis and Resilience: The Impact of a Global Pandemic on Domestic Abuse Survivors and Service Providers in Scotland. https://womensaid.scot/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SWA-COVID-Report.pdf

19. Scottish Government (Jun. 2020). Coronavirus (COVID-19): domestic abuse and other forms of violence against women and girls - 30/3/20-22/05/20 https://www.gov.scot/isbn/9781839608292

20. Data-Driven Innovation (ac.uk)

21. Working@Home (org.uk)

22. Making Flexible Working The Default TUC Report 202

23. EY Report: UK FinTech: Moving mountains and moving mainstream (2020).

24. Market Data Forecast: Global Fintech Market Research Report (2021).

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26. UK Government: Kalifa Review of UK Fintech (2021).

27. National Performance Framework: National Outcomes (Accessed 20 August 2021).

28. Finance Watch Report: A Wrinkle in the Process: Financial Inclusion Barriers in an Ageing Europe (2021).

29. NCLC Report: Big Data, a Big Disappointment for Scoring Consumer Creditworthiness (2014); Oliver Wyman Report: Alternative Data and the Unbanked (2017)

30. Nesta Innovation Policy Report: Data Poverty in Scotland and Wales (2021).

31. Barclays Report: Open Banking – A Consumer Perspective (2017).

Contact

Email: digitalethics@gov.scot

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