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  • Mar 25, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Social Media, Surveillance,

Everything you wanted to know about “surveillance advertising” – and how to avoid it

In the four years since Privacy News Online first wrote about corporate surveillance as the principal business model for much of the Internet, the practice has become a mainstream concern. People and politicians are now aware of the dangers of both micro-targeted advertising and the real-time bidding that goes with it. Reflecting the broad-based resistance … Continue reading “Everything you wanted to know about “surveillance advertising” – and how to avoid it”

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  • Dec 16, 2018 |
  • Doc Searls |
  • General Privacy News,

If your privacy is the hands of others alone, you don’t have any

If you think regulations are going to protect your privacy, you’re wrong. In fact they can make things worse, especially if they start with the assumption that you have no privacy besides what you get from other parties. Exhibit A for how much worse things can get is the  E.U.’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Soon as … Continue reading “If your privacy is the hands of others alone, you don’t have any”

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