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Oct 4, 2017 |
Glyn Moody |
General Privacy News, Governments,

UK privacy laws may allow 230 million Americans to demand personality profiles created by Trump’s big data ally

Earlier this week, Facebook released a statement about ads it carried which had been paid for by Russian sources. It now says that around ten million people in the US saw the ads, and that 44% of total ad impressions were before the 2016 US election. Strikingly, for 50% of the ads less than $3 … Continue reading “UK privacy laws may allow 230 million Americans to demand personality profiles created by Trump’s big data ally”

May 30, 2017 |
Glyn Moody |
Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments,

UK government confirms plans to destroy the British software industry

Last week, the UK government confirmed plans to force Internet companies to undermine security by weakening or backdooring encryption. As Privacy News Online reported back in March, the UK’s Home Secretary (Interior Minister) Amber Rudd refused to rule out this move when she called for the “necessary hashtags” to be used. But what was just … Continue reading “UK government confirms plans to destroy the British software industry”

Jun 26, 2016 |
Rick Falkvinge |
General Privacy News, Governments,

How will a Brexit affect your privacy?

Among all the questions talking about the consequences of a British exit from the European Union, one seems to have been unanswered: how does this affect your fundamental rights and privacy, no matter where you are on the globe? As Edward Snowden stated, and many had observed before him, mass surveillance is not and was … Continue reading “How will a Brexit affect your privacy?”