The New Oil: Why Data Is a National Security Issue
Data is the new oil. Corporations and governments are racing to quietly accumulate. Right down to our internet browsing and spending habits, corporations and governments crave data that monitors our behavior. But the intelligence they gather can leverage increasingly unfair - and sinister - ends. As Taiwan finds itself caught between larger powers’ data regimes, how can it safeguard its administration and citizens? Our guests Max Schrems (founder of the European Center for Digital Rights) and Chou Kuan-Ju (deputy secretary general at the Taiwan Association for Human Rights) give us a worrying reveal on how large actors get their hands on your data and why data privacy is a matter of national security.
