Ethereum recently wrote an interesting blog explaining the difference between public and private blockchains. However, I believe there is a much more fundamental question that needs to be answered – ...

Too many disparate databases and not enough information sharing are the fundamental problems preventing government and the private sector from effectively harnessing the efficiency of information ...

Universal IDs have gained the attention of many governments. The sentiment is that universal IDs could help counter terrorism, increase national security, deter ID fraud and make the lives of citizens ...

Privacy and IT security experts have reacted with horror to reported government plans that would see UK citizens' internet and telephony usage details stored in a ...

The National Institutes of Health announced on Tuesday the final version of a policy governing a powerful, central repository of human genetic data that the agency will establish for the study of ...

The CSIRO's Data61 and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia are crowing over a new "smart money" trial that will help manage payments within Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). By ...

To hasten the flow of genetic information among scientists, the National Institutes of Health plans to develop a repository that would collect and collate human genetic data, but in a way that would ...