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Top EU data protection agency under pressure to act against Internet giants as GDPR turns 2 years old

Updated on Jul 28, 2021 by Glyn Moody

A few weeks ago, this blog noted that there were questions hanging over the GDPR, not least the fact that no major fines had been issued against top Internet companies.…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments

House to vote on whether the FBI can access internet history without a warrant: Act now to Save Internet Privacy

Updated on Aug 26, 2020 by Caleb Chen

Internet privacy is on the line as Congress votes this week on whether or not the FBI will be able to access the internet history of Americans without a warrant.…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

OpenSAFELY: more proof that tackling the coronavirus pandemic does not require privacy to be compromised

Updated on Aug 3, 2021 by Glyn Moody

In recent weeks, there has been an intense focus on the use of contact tracing apps as a way to emerge safely from the lockdowns that are in place around…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments

Germany’s highest court rules individual right to privacy applies to everyone, even non-Germans

Updated on Aug 26, 2020 by Caleb Chen

Germany’s Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof), the highest court in the country, has ruled that parts of a 2016 law that allowed monitoring of the internet activity of foreign targets…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Private Internet Access implores Representative Crow to protect internet privacy by voting “NO” on H.R. 6172

Updated on Jan 30, 2024 by Caleb Chen

RE: Vote “NO” on H.R. 6172, USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 Dear Representative Crow, Private Internet Access implores you to vote “NO” on H.R. 6172, the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

China moves to take full control over Hong Kong with a proposed national security law in China’s National People’s Congress

Updated on May 21, 2020 by Caleb Chen

Hong Kong will soon have a new national security law implemented without a single vote by a Hong Kongese politician. If that doesn’t sound democratic, that’s because it isn’t. The…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments

How a VPN can protect your internet history from The Patriot Act & the FBI

Updated on Jul 15, 2021 by Caleb Chen

If passed as is, the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 will expand the infamous Section 215 of the Patriot Act to allow the FBI to view your internet search…

Categories: General Privacy News, Surveillance, VPN

UK’s largest airline, easyJet, reveals January 2020 breach of 9 million customer records

Updated on Jan 31, 2024 by Caleb Chen

The largest airline in the United Kingdom, easyJet, revealed that they had been hacked by a “sophisticated attack” in January of 2020. All in all, approximately 9 million customers were…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News

Tell your House Representative to vote against letting the FBI access internet history without a warrant

Updated on Jan 31, 2024 by Caleb Chen

The Patriot Act is up for renewal with the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act and this bill as-is allows the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DOJ) to…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Noyb files complaint against Google under GDPR, saying Android Advertising ID can be tracked

Updated on Jan 31, 2024 by Caleb Chen

Every phone has an Android Advertising ID and it can be used to track your phone’s actions - and tied back to your identity. A privacy advocacy group called Noyb…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance
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