Is the GDPR finally going to get some teeth?
The GDPR is a powerful, far-reaching piece of legislation, but one whose full potential the EU data protection authorities have so far failed to realize. Research from DLA Piper shows…
Glyn Moody
Glyn Moody is a freelance journalist who writes and speaks about privacy, surveillance, digital rights, open source, copyright, patents and general policy issues involving digital technology. He started covering the business use of the Internet in 1994, and wrote the first mainstream feature about Linux, which appeared in Wired in August 1997. His book, "Rebel Code," is the first and only detailed history of the rise of open source, while his subsequent work, "The Digital Code of Life," explores bioinformatics - the intersection of computing with genomics.
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Not going dark: personal data from the Internet of Things ushers in a golden age for law enforcement
Last week, Privacy News Online wrote about the increasing use of vehicle forensics to solve crimes. These "smartphones on wheels" join a growing list of everyday devices that are becoming…
Today’s online advertising not only seriously harms privacy, but is seriously broken in other ways; we need to fix it
For three and half years now, Privacy News Online has been warning about the huge, and largely ignored, danger of micro-targeted ads and real-time bidding (RTB). The approach sounds plausible.…
As a result of Covid-19, virtual classrooms have become the norm for many: what are the privacy implications?
It would be something of an understatement to say that Covid-19 has caused major changes to everyday life around the world. In the world of education, virtual classrooms, with students…
The widening SolarWinds debacle shows why the reckless idea of backdooring encryption must be dropped forever
The SolarWinds hack is the most serious breach of governmental and corporate security in years, perhaps the most serious breach ever - at least among those that we know about.…
Should we worry about the possibility of police surveillance using autonomous drones with added AI ? Too late: it’s already here
A couple of weeks ago, Privacy News Online wrote about France's controversial Global Security Law. One striking element was the authorization of drones for routine police surveillance. These particular "eyes…
New report shows Google tracks 80% of the Web, with Amazon likely to overtake Facebook as second-worst privacy threat
It's no secret that practically every Web page we visit is infested with trackers. On its own, that would be bad enough. But most trackers are used in order to…
France rocked again by demonstrations against the new “Global Security Law”, which includes mass surveillance by police drones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4mjGCsleds For the second time in a week, demonstrations took place across France against a new "Global Security Law". The proposed legislation would bring in wide-ranging police surveillance in France,…
Amazon’s Ring moves even closer to becoming the perfect urban police surveillance system
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkbXSF_TmTA Back in July last year, this blog wrote about Amazon's Ring series, whose key product is a small Internet-connected camera built into a doorbell. At that time, it was…
Canada unveils its new privacy legislation – with even bigger fines than the GDPR
As this blog has frequently noted, the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) plays a crucial role in the privacy world. It not only creates protections for privacy online in…