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Surveillance

UK Government Is Engaged in Large-Scale Surveillance of Social Media

Posted on Feb 1, 2023 by Glyn Moody

New US And EU Laws Bring Risks To Privacy The UK civil rights group Big Brother Watch has published a major new document about the UK government's surveillance of social…

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

Meta’s Lawsuit Against NSO Goes Forward – The Fight Against NSO Spyware Gains Strength

Posted on Jan 20, 2023 by Glyn Moody

The murky world of government spyware has never been the same after the Pegasus Project leaked in July 2021 a list of over 50,000 phone numbers believed to be people…

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

Meta’s Tracking Woes Confirmed As It Intensifies Its Battle For Control Of The EU’s GDPR

Posted on Jan 12, 2023 by Glyn Moody

In December 2022, we discussed the leak of an important ruling by EU privacy regulators regarding Meta's micro-targeted advertising, a system entirely based on constant online surveillance. The two parts…

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

Biometric Data Is a Disaster For Your Privacy – And It May Already Be Used Against You

Posted on Jan 5, 2023 by Glyn Moody

We've written many times on the PIA blog about the increasing use of biometric systems as a way of establishing identity and controlling access. Biometrics being used in this way…

Categories: General Privacy News, Online Privacy, Surveillance

Will GDPR’s Win Against Facebook Change Advertising?

Posted on Dec 9, 2022 by Glyn Moody

We've just written about the mounting problems for Facebook and its parent company Meta. And to that list of issues can be added another one, potentially the biggest so far,…

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

The End of Facebook’s Dominance on Social Media? Who Will Seize The Crown, And What Does It Mean For Privacy?

Posted on Dec 1, 2022 by Glyn Moody

Facebook has been part of our lives for so long it's easy to forget that there were hugely popular online services and sites before it. Remember AOL, MySpace, CompuServe, or…

Categories: Online Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance

Is Elon Begging Us to Look for Twitter Alternatives? The Silver Lining of Twitter’s Deepening Woes

Posted on Nov 28, 2022 by Glyn Moody

Whether or not you use the service, most of you are probably aware by now that Twitter is going through a tumultuous period following its purchase by Elon Musk. An…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Online Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance

Should We Be Worried About Doorstep Surveillance – How Surveillance Is Changing Us & Society

Posted on Nov 17, 2022 by Glyn Moody

Surveillance used to be something that spies did to a few high-value targets using absurdly expensive pieces of specialized equipment. The arrival of the Internet as a mass medium changed…

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

Politicians Still Underestimate Smart Cars’ Threat to Privacy

Posted on Nov 8, 2022 by Glyn Moody

It was three years ago that we blog wrote about the privacy problems raised by "smartphones on wheels" – the fact that today's vehicles contain powerful computer systems and a…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Real-Time Bidding is Bad for Privacy and Promotes Disinformation

Posted on Nov 3, 2022 by Glyn Moody

The PIA blog spends a lot of time discussing advertising, which might seem strange. But the sad fact is that today's online advertising model represents the most serious continuing assault…

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