• Nov 2, 2023
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance,

Meta Offers Ad-Free Subscriptions in EU, but Is Banned from Using Behavioral Advertising without Consent

One of the most important and longest-running privacy battles has been taking place over Meta’s use of behavioral ads on Facebook and Instagram. As we shared back in August, the end seems to be close for surveillance advertising in the EU, with Meta announcing that it will seek user consent for behavioral ads. A big … Continue reading “Meta Offers Ad-Free Subscriptions in EU, but Is Banned from Using Behavioral Advertising without Consent”

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  • Jul 12, 2019
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Here’s why Google thinks you should trust it with unprecedented quantities of your city’s “urban data”

Last October, Privacy News Online wrote about an ambitious project from Google’s sister company, Sidewalk Labs. It aims to take the idea of a “smart city” to the next level, measuring everything that happens in the public sphere so that it can be optimized – and monetized. As that post reported, many people were understandably … Continue reading “Here’s why Google thinks you should trust it with unprecedented quantities of your city’s “urban data””

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  • Oct 27, 2018
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

As many feared, Google’s ambitious Sidewalk Toronto “smart city” project turns out to be a “surveillance city”

The idea of “smart cities” – the application of digital technologies to the urban environment – is much in vogue. But as this blog has noted, although potentially powerful, the approach does raise serious issues for privacy. Perhaps the most ambitious “smart city” project so far is one involving a sister company of Google, Sidewalk … Continue reading “As many feared, Google’s ambitious Sidewalk Toronto “smart city” project turns out to be a “surveillance city””

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