Difficult conversations: Privacy vs home sensors

The world of care has changed. Sensors monitor people in their own homes, care services are trialing the use of robots and AI to plug workforce gaps, and technology has the opportunity to improve choice and control or to remove personal autonomy. This webinar included a discussion of the difficult conversations we need to have about privacy and sensors.

Date of webinar: 11 March 2026

Overview

This webinar looks at:

No “right or wrong”— only the right questions. Instead of debating sides, highlight uncertainties, fears, and practical realities. Some people are much more privacy-conscious and don’t want to feel surveilled in their own home, others like the security of knowing they have remote support.
Lived-experience perspectives.
Tech and risk perspectives.
A technologist or digital care expert explaining how monitoring can be avoided, alternatives to CCTV, and what “least intrusive” tech looks like.
Ethical considerations.

Speakers include:

Richard Keyse, Chief Executive of 2iC- Care
Amy Lewis, Managing Director of Just Checking
Lynsey Way, Clinical Director of Active Prospects
Mark De Bernhardt Lane, Senior Advisor for Partners in Care & Health (PCH) – LGA/ADASS
Adam Chamberlain, Strategy Director and General Counsel of Orchid Group
Care Workers Charity will have a representative of a front line care worker
Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) will have a representative

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