Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: November 13, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of November 13th, 2020 EU continues to push for lawful access (aka backdoors) to end-to-end encrypted data A draft resolution by the Council of the European Union has highlighted that the EU is moving towards mandating encryption backdoors in platforms like Signal and WhatsApp – but God forbid they … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: November 13, 2020”

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  • Nov 5, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

California votes to “expand” privacy laws to allow companies to make you pay for privacy

On election day, California voters chose to pass Proposition 24, which alters the newly inaugurated California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) with some pretty significant changes that can be viewed as a net negative for privacy. There are modest improvements to the CCPA; however, some such as those in the No on Prop 24 campaign, think … Continue reading “California votes to “expand” privacy laws to allow companies to make you pay for privacy”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: October 23, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of October 23rd, 2020 French data protection authority says it can’t trust top US Internet companies with EU personal data – even if they keep it in the EU The ripple effect caused by the CJEU’s invalidation of the Privacy Shield framework is still being felt around the European … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: October 23, 2020”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: July 10, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of July 10th, 2020 HongKongers prepare for China and new national security law by scrubbing digital footprint China has officially passed a new national security law for Hong Kong that has caused a massive chilling effect. As a response, many Hong Kong citizens are deleting social media posts or … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: July 10, 2020”

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