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What The West’s Disorderly Withdrawal from Afghanistan Tells Us About Privacy and its Preservation

Updated on Sep 13, 2021 by Glyn Moody

In the wake of the West's chaotic withdrawal from Kabul, and the rapid takeover of the country by the Taliban, Afghanistan continues to dominate the headlines. Given the major geopolitical…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance

50 Key Stats About Freedom of the Internet Around the World

Updated on Jan 12, 2026 by PIA Research Team

Almost every part of our everyday lives is closely connected to the internet – we depend on it for communication, entertainment, information, running our households, even running our cars. Not…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Apple Has Betrayed Its Privacy Legacy – and Will Undermine End-to-end Encryption Everywhere

Updated on Jan 24, 2024 by Glyn Moody

Apple is a company that has always made much of its commitment to privacy, and has succeeded in turning it into a unique selling point of its products. That proud…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance

Will Privacy Activist Max Schrems’ New Legal Action Against Facebook at EU’s Highest Court Prove to Be His Most Important Yet?

Updated on Aug 9, 2021 by Glyn Moody

Given the by-now inarguable importance of data protection to the online world today, it is extraordinary that one person and his organization have almost single-handedly shaped the privacy landscape there.…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance

The Tiny Nation of Luxembourg Slaps Amazon with the Biggest GDPR Fine Yet: Nearly $900 Million

Updated on Jan 28, 2024 by Glyn Moody

As Privacy News Online has noted, one name that crops up frequently in the context of the EU's General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) is the privacy expert and activist Max…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments

Shenzhen, the Silicon Valley of Hardware, Sets a Global Standard with China’s Toughest Local Privacy Law

Posted on Aug 9, 2021 by Glyn Moody

For many Westerners, China is a country associated with widespread surveillance, stringent censorship, and human rights abuses in regions such as Hong Kong and Xinjiang. Despite that, the Chinese government…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance

How Discussions at the World Wide Web Consortium Could Undermine Efforts to Strengthen Privacy

Updated on Nov 17, 2021 by Glyn Moody

One of the surest signs that privacy is becoming a major factor in the online world is the attempt by major Internet companies to claim that they value it. Mark…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance

What the Pegasus Spyware Leak Means for Surveillance, Smartphones & Encryption Backdoors

Updated on Jul 20, 2021 by Glyn Moody

A few months ago, we wrote about dual-use surveillance systems – that is, technology that can be used for both peaceful and military purposes. The post discussed some limited efforts…

Categories: Censorship, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance

How Do You Solve a Privacy Problem Like Facebook? Two New Ways Emerge

Updated on Nov 17, 2021 by Glyn Moody

As numerous posts on Privacy News Online demonstrate, Facebook is one of the biggest problems for privacy around the world. That problem just became bigger, as the company's market capitalization…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance

Multiple European Attempts to Strengthen Online Privacy Are Likely to Have Global Impact

Updated on Jan 25, 2024 by Glyn Moody

Often it can seem that the battle to protect online privacy is hopeless, as companies gather ever-more data about us as we move around the internet. But in the background,…

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