Tag: eprivacy
  • Nov 24, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Amazon has Been Lobbying Hard Against Privacy Protections – Mostly with Success; Who’s Smiling Now?

Recently, this blog explored the allegations by 17 US states that Google had abused its monopoly power to stifle competition, and delayed the EU’s ePrivacy legislation. Hard on its heels comes a major report from Reuters that Amazon has lobbied hard against data protection in the US, mostly with success. In a way, that’s not … Continue reading “Amazon has Been Lobbying Hard Against Privacy Protections – Mostly with Success; Who’s Smiling Now?”

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  • Nov 16, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media,

Google Allegedly Boasted of Slowing Down and Delaying ePrivacy Regulation, Accused of Colluding with Facebook

Back in December last year, Texas and nine other US states sued Google alleging that the company enjoys monopolistic power, and that it is stifling competition. Google called this a “misleading attack“, and insisted that the allegations were “wrong”. The move by the US states is of great relevance to this blog because it concerned … Continue reading “Google Allegedly Boasted of Slowing Down and Delaying ePrivacy Regulation, Accused of Colluding with Facebook”

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Privacy News Online: Weekly Review | March 26, 2021

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of March 26th, 2021 Countries in the European Union attempt to water down privacy protections With the European Union’s ePrivacy Regulation in the final stretch, seemingly minor changes can lead to massive privacy implications. Current legislation allows for personal data collection by intelligence services, but not for companies acting … Continue reading “Privacy News Online: Weekly Review | March 26, 2021”

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  • Feb 16, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

The battle over the EU’s far-reaching ePrivacy Regulation enters its final and crucial stage

The EU’s GDPR has had a massive effect on privacy worldwide. But as a post explained back in 2018, there’s more EU privacy legislation coming through which could have a similarly broad impact globally. Where the GDPR governs how personal data is stored, the ePrivacy Regulation is about how personal data is transmitted. The European … Continue reading “The battle over the EU’s far-reaching ePrivacy Regulation enters its final and crucial stage”

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  • Nov 12, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

How privacy activists are fighting on multiple fronts to strengthen EU privacy laws that will have a global impact

This blog frequently covers the world of EU data protection because it is that region of the world that leads the way in regulating digital privacy, just as the US leads the way in terms of digital technology. And as technological developments in the US have major implications around the world, so too does the … Continue reading “How privacy activists are fighting on multiple fronts to strengthen EU privacy laws that will have a global impact”

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  • Nov 25, 2019 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

EU’s ePrivacy regulation is being subverted by publishers who want their “right” to use tracking cookies enshrined in law

Last year, Privacy News Online wrote about the important EU ePrivacy legislation. As that noted, it was moving through the EU’s legislative process slowly because of massive lobbying against the new law, which aims to regulate how metadata is gathered and used, and to limit how people are tracked online, for example using cookies. A … Continue reading “EU’s ePrivacy regulation is being subverted by publishers who want their “right” to use tracking cookies enshrined in law”

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  • Oct 4, 2019 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Web sites have a problem after top EU court rules that pre-ticked checkboxes for tracking cookies aren’t valid for consent

Last week we wrote about two important judgments from the EU’s top court – the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). It has just released another long-awaited ruling that is likely to have an even bigger impact on privacy and the Internet. It involves the use of pre-ticked checkboxes for allowing cookies. It’s … Continue reading “Web sites have a problem after top EU court rules that pre-ticked checkboxes for tracking cookies aren’t valid for consent”

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