• Sep 29, 2023
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy,

Poland Opens GDPR Investigation into ChatGPT and OpenAI amid Mounting Privacy Concerns

Poland’s Personal Data Protection Office is investigating a GDPR complaint against ChatGPT and the company behind it, OpenAI. According to the Polish data protection agency: the complainant turned to the Polish supervisory authority after his requests relating to the exercise of his rights under GDPR were not completed by OpenAI. As it turns out, ChatGPT … Continue reading “Poland Opens GDPR Investigation into ChatGPT and OpenAI amid Mounting Privacy Concerns”

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  • Aug 23, 2023
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance, VPN,

Canada’s New C-18 “Link Tax” Law Tackles the Wrong Problem. The Real Solution Would Enhance Privacy.

In June, Canada passed the Online News Act, commonly known as C-18. It’s framed as a law that’s designed to help Canadian news publishers financially, as it forces large tech companies to pay when they link to news stories. What Is C-18? The Canadian government describes the key element of the new law as follows: [C-18] … Continue reading “Canada’s New C-18 “Link Tax” Law Tackles the Wrong Problem. The Real Solution Would Enhance Privacy.”

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  • Feb 25, 2022
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Clearview AI Offers to Eliminate Public Anonymity and Destroy Privacy around the World for a Mere $50 Million

PIA blog first wrote about the facial recognition start-up Clearview AI two years ago, when news about its huge database of three billion facial images appeared. Its main market is currently law enforcement, with which it has already had considerable success in the US. But two years is a long time in digital technology, and … Continue reading “Clearview AI Offers to Eliminate Public Anonymity and Destroy Privacy around the World for a Mere $50 Million”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: February 12, 2021

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of February 12th, 2021 Police served warrant on Google to identify George Floyd protestors Police used a type of warrant known as a geofence warrant to ask Google for information on all accounts that were close to a particular store in a twenty minute window around when the store … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: February 12, 2021”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: November 27, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of November 27th, 2020 Official Trump 2020 App collected phone numbers from contact lists without consent and could sell that data New details about the official app used by the Trump 2020 campaign have been revealed and things aren’t looking good. Former employees admitted that the app ignored user … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: November 27, 2020”

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  • Nov 19, 2020
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

Canada unveils its new privacy legislation – with even bigger fines than the GDPR

As this blog has frequently noted, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) plays a crucial role in the privacy world. It not only creates protections for privacy online in the EU, it also provides a role model for other countries looking to implement privacy laws of their own. It shows that this complex area … Continue reading “Canada unveils its new privacy legislation – with even bigger fines than the GDPR”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: October 2, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of October 2nd, 2020 Russia wants to outlaw TLS 1.3, ESNI, DNS over HTTPS, and DNS over TLS A newly released draft law by the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications, and Mass Media takes aim at popular encryption technologies that keep the internet secure and private. The law … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: October 2, 2020”

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  • Mar 25, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Toronto, Canada is now using phone location data to track if people are congregating

This past Monday, Toronto Mayor Tory announced at a virtual TechTO meetup that the government has been receiving location data from wireless carriers and telecommunication companies in the area to show where people are still congregating and flouting social distancing – The Logic reports. Tory stated: “We had … the cellphone companies give us all … Continue reading “Toronto, Canada is now using phone location data to track if people are congregating”

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  • Nov 30, 2019
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Google’s “smart city” in Toronto: what it wanted, what it will now get – and why it’s still problematic for privacy

Earlier this year, Privacy News Online wrote about the latest news concerning plans to create a model “smart city” on Toronto’s waterfront. The company involved, Sidewalk Labs, is part of the Alphabet stable, along with Google. In an attempt to quell fears about privacy and other aspects of the plan, Sidewalk Labs released 1500 pages … Continue reading “Google’s “smart city” in Toronto: what it wanted, what it will now get – and why it’s still problematic for privacy”

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