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4 obstacles women face in negotiations, and how to overcome them

Mar09
by on March 9, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


Women on average are still being paid less than men in the workplace and are sadly losing out at the negotiation table. For the first time last year, the gender pay gap between men and women in the UK was exposed. Three-quarters of the 10,000 firms who participated in the report pay men more than women. Research has also shown that gender can impact a negotiation when certain behaviors are triggered and women often don’t get what they want because they don’t ask. This needs to change. As a Founder and Director of a PR firm, I am constantly negotiating…

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We’re not safe without information privacy

Mar09
by on March 9, 2019 at 1:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Opinion, Podium


It’s not just because you are a criminal and the coppers might catch you. Or because you really, really hate big corporations who just want to sell you stuff more easily. Or because you’re paranoid. If that’s as far as your thinking goes, when people start talking about “privacy” on the Internet, you really need to bone up on the subject. You probably already knew that you don’t have to be criminal, paranoid, or anti-capitalist to be very jealous of your Internet privacy rights. After all, plenty of law-abiding, merely sensibly cautious, capitalism-loving people are freaking out about the way…

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EU wants tech independence from the US, but it’ll be tricky

Mar09
by on March 9, 2019 at 7:30 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


The European Union and its citizens seem increasingly unhappy with the current flow of data, privacy violations, and the overall power of data being in the hands of a few big corporations, located in the USA. The European Commission wants to change this. At their flagship event in Vienna, I got some interesting insights on how Europe wants to stand up for its citizens and shift the balance of power towards Europe. New legislation is on it’s way which could severely challenge the position the US tech behemoths have in Europe. They could also create opportunities for new ventures who…

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