Tag: china
  • Nov 24, 2023 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Online Security, Social Media, Surveillance,

EFF Agrees: Protecting Privacy Is the Best Way to Address the Internet’s Biggest Problems

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is probably the best-known organization that’s fighting for digital rights. It’s just released a new report with a title that’s certain to interest the readers of this blog. Privacy First: A Better Way to Address Online Harms offers a wide-ranging look at some of the key problems in the online … Continue reading “EFF Agrees: Protecting Privacy Is the Best Way to Address the Internet’s Biggest Problems”

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  • Nov 23, 2023 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Online Privacy, Online Security, Social Media, Surveillance,

Real-Time Bidding Is Bad for Your Privacy and a Serious Threat to National Security

It’s extraordinary to think that it’s been six years since this blog started warning readers about real-time bidding (RTB), the system behind most online ads. In the few hundredths of a second after you click a link on most site, the blank advertising slots are put up for an automated auction among potential advertisers. In … Continue reading “Real-Time Bidding Is Bad for Your Privacy and a Serious Threat to National Security”

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  • Jul 28, 2023 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Online Security, Surveillance,

The Latest Threat to Privacy: CBDCs – Central Bank Digital Currencies

There’s a huge new threat to privacy, and most people aren’t aware of it: the rise of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). These are digital currencies issued by central banks, rather than by a commercial bank or company. Around 100 countries are looking at the idea, and several – such as China and Nigeria – … Continue reading “The Latest Threat to Privacy: CBDCs – Central Bank Digital Currencies”

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  • Mar 24, 2022 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Surprisingly, the UK Has a Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner: He’s Rather Good

CCTV surveillance has been covered many times on PIA blog. Most of the stories are depressing tales of increased surveillance and loss of privacy. One of the worst offenders in the CCTV camera stakes is the UK. An estimate from 2020 put the number of cameras there at over 5 million, while London enjoyed the … Continue reading “Surprisingly, the UK Has a Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner: He’s Rather Good”

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  • Sep 27, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, Governments, Surveillance,

EU is Spending More Than a Billion Dollars Expanding Biometric Honeypots, Despite Risks to Privacy and Freedom

Privacy News Online has just reported on a major privacy disaster in Afghanistan, where biometric and other highly personal data is now in the hands of the Taliban. That makes clear, in a dramatic fashion, the folly of creating huge databases of unique and unchangeable personal data. Of course, it could be argued that the … Continue reading “EU is Spending More Than a Billion Dollars Expanding Biometric Honeypots, Despite Risks to Privacy and Freedom”

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  • Aug 9, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Shenzhen, the Silicon Valley of Hardware, Sets a Global Standard with China’s Toughest Local Privacy Law

For many Westerners, China is a country associated with widespread surveillance, stringent censorship, and human rights abuses in regions such as Hong Kong and Xinjiang. Despite that, the Chinese government is well aware that the country’s billion Internet users care deeply about personal privacy, and has been steadily introducing surprisingly strong data protection laws to … Continue reading “Shenzhen, the Silicon Valley of Hardware, Sets a Global Standard with China’s Toughest Local Privacy Law”

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  • May 20, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Better than the EU’s GDPR? China’s new privacy law includes a rule for handling personal information after death

Back in January, Privacy News Online wrote about China’s important new privacy legislation, the Personal Information Protection Law. That post concentrated on the law’s extraterritorial reach, and its likely impact on non-Chinese companies, and referred to the first draft of the law. The second version has just been released, and an article on the Protocol … Continue reading “Better than the EU’s GDPR? China’s new privacy law includes a rule for handling personal information after death”

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  • Apr 27, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Censorship, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

As the battle to set 6G standards begins, UK spy agency warns China seeks to “control the global operating system”

Two years ago, this blog noted that the latest generation of mobile communications, 5G, brought with it undoubted benefits, but also real risks to privacy. Even today, the threat of ubiquitous surveillance from devices linked wirelessly using 5G is little discussed. Instead, governments fret about the slow pace of 5G roll-out. The fear of being … Continue reading “As the battle to set 6G standards begins, UK spy agency warns China seeks to “control the global operating system””

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