Sabina is a senior lecturer in the Philosophy of Science at Exeter University. Her current research focuses on the philosophy, history and sociology of data-intensive science. She is a Senior Fellow of the Egenis genomics network, and from 2012 to 2016 is serving as a member of the Global Young Academy, the 'voice of young scientists around the world'.
Privacy has long been the focus of debates about how to use and disseminate data taken from human subjects during clinical research. The increasing push to share data freely and…