Tag: gdpr
  • 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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  • Feb 4, 2022 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Google’s Surveillance Advertising Model under Attack on Both Sides of the Atlantic for Its Deep Privacy Problems

PIA blog has just written about a major problem for Google: a decision by the Austrian Data Protection Authority that the continuing use of Google Analytics violates the EU’s GDPR legislation. The post noted that the Dutch Data Protection Authority is also investigating the use of Google Analytics; now it seems that France may follow … Continue reading “Google’s Surveillance Advertising Model under Attack on Both Sides of the Atlantic for Its Deep Privacy Problems”

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  • Jan 24, 2022 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Bombshell Decision That Use of Google Analytics in Austria Violates Top EU Court’s Ruling Boosts GDPR Impact Again

The GDPR is finally beginning to make itself felt more strongly, as a series of blog posts have noted. The situation is summed up in a new “DLA Piper GDPR fines and data breach survey”. Compared with the previous year, total GDPR fines have increased from $179 million to $1.2 billion. But as the report … Continue reading “Bombshell Decision That Use of Google Analytics in Austria Violates Top EU Court’s Ruling Boosts GDPR Impact Again”

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  • Jan 15, 2022 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media,

Good News for GDPR Enforcement against Cookie Walls, but Also a Dangerous Legal Challenge from WhatsApp

As most people know from bitter personal experience, one of the most tiresome aspects of moving around the web is the constant barrage of pop-ups, asking whether the user agrees to cookies. The companies running the websites like to blame this on the EU’s GDPR, which requires people to consent to cookies and the tracking … Continue reading “Good News for GDPR Enforcement against Cookie Walls, but Also a Dangerous Legal Challenge from WhatsApp”

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  • Jan 10, 2022 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media,

Here Comes the Digital Markets Act, Important New Legislation From the EU Boosting Privacy and Interoperability

Back in June 2021, this blog noted that there were two important proposals for new laws moving their way through the European Union’s legislative system. One, the Digital Services Act (DSA), aims to regulate how all digital services, notably social media, operate in the EU. For example, it will stipulate rules for the removal of … Continue reading “Here Comes the Digital Markets Act, Important New Legislation From the EU Boosting Privacy and Interoperability”

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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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  • Nov 11, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Belgium, GDPR Superpower, About to Rule Leading Ad Tracking Framework is Illegal

This blog’s posts can often seem a depressing series of stories about privacy loss. But there are some major fightbacks happening in the background, many of which require the slow grinding through bureaucratic and legal processes. The main framework for these is the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), whose impact reaches far beyond Europe. … Continue reading “Belgium, GDPR Superpower, About to Rule Leading Ad Tracking Framework is Illegal”

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  • Aug 18, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Will Privacy Activist Max Schrems’ New Legal Action Against Facebook at EU’s Highest Court Prove to Be His Most Important Yet?

Given the by-now inarguable importance of data protection to the online world today, it is extraordinary that one person and his organization have almost single-handedly shaped the privacy landscape there. The lawyer and activist Max Schrems, along with his NOYB.eu group, have featured many times on this blog. So many times, in fact, that it … Continue reading “Will Privacy Activist Max Schrems’ New Legal Action Against Facebook at EU’s Highest Court Prove to Be His Most Important Yet?”

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  • Aug 12, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

The Tiny Nation of Luxembourg Slaps Amazon with the Biggest GDPR Fine Yet: Nearly $900 Million

As Privacy News Online has noted, one name that crops up frequently in the context of the EU’s General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) is the privacy expert and activist Max Schrems. But he is by no means the only player in this sphere. The French digital rights group La Quadrature du Net (LQDN) has also … Continue reading “The Tiny Nation of Luxembourg Slaps Amazon with the Biggest GDPR Fine Yet: Nearly $900 Million”

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

How Do You Solve a Privacy Problem Like Facebook? Two New Ways Emerge

As numerous posts on Privacy News Online demonstrate, Facebook is one of the biggest problems for privacy around the world. That problem just became bigger, as the company’s market capitalization crossed the one trillion dollar mark for the first time, taking Facebook into the elite club whose other members are Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft. … Continue reading “How Do You Solve a Privacy Problem Like Facebook? Two New Ways Emerge”

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