Tag: trends

ICTP 380: Privacy and data protection trends in the Caribbean, with Allison James and Rishi Maharaj

To varying degrees, Caribbean countries are grappling with the issue of privacy and data protection. Countries that have more recent frameworks have been struggling to fully operationalise all of the provisions, whilst there are others that have not adopted current best practice in the space. With information privacy specialists, Allison James of Barbados, and Rishi Maharaj of Trinidad and Tobago, we explore privacy and data protection trends and developments across the Caribbean region. During our conversation, we discuss: how privacy and data protection have evolved over the past few years; the current status of regulatory enforcement; areas of divergence or contradiction that multinational companies operating across the Caribbean must navigate; and trends or emerging developments that the Caribbean region may need to consider.

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The digital disparity: Why it may be necessary to re-evaluate global assessments for SIDS and developing economies

Caribbean countries enjoy reviewing their performance in global digital assessments, but it could be argued that the indices produced often unfairly position Small Island Developing States and other developing economies. In this article, we discuss why global digital indices fail the Caribbean region and whether a more balanced assessment can be achieved.

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Top 5 tech gifts of 2025

With Christmas just around the corner and the biggest sales of the year imminent, we count down the most sought-after devices of the year and the most wanted tech gifts that you might want to buy for yourself or for the person who has everything.

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ICTP 371: Shaping the future of the internet, a conversation with ICANN’s CEO, Kurtis Lindqvist

Globally, countries are grappling with a broad range of internet-related issues: from ensuring digital inclusion and improved network resilience to AI governance to digital sovereignty. One of the leading organisations for internet governance policy development is ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. In this episode, we are joined by ICANN CEO and President Kurt Erik “Kurtis” Lindqvist, who was a featured speaker during the Caribbean Telecommunications Union’s ICT Week, which was held in Jamaica during the week of 29 September. During our conversation, Kurtis shared his thoughts on, among other things: the multi-stakeholder model, which has come under increasing criticism over the years; our progress globally towards achieving the WSIS framework’s objectives and the action lines; why a multilingual Internet is important; and specific goals he would like to accomplish before his tenure as CEO ends.

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