Tag: hong kong
  • 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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  • Apr 16, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Censorship, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media,

How China’s massive Digital Silk Road project threatens privacy around the globe

Most people are aware of the recent rise of China as an economic, political and military superpower. Less well known is China’s massive infrastructure program known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the signature project of China’s leader, Xi Jinping, unveiled in 2013. The scale of Xi’s ambitions is indicated by Morgan Stanley’s estimate … Continue reading “How China’s massive Digital Silk Road project threatens privacy around the globe”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: October 9, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of October 9th, 2020 Representatives Garcia and Wagner introduce EARN IT Act to the House The EARN IT Act has officially been introduced to the House of Representatives. The EARN IT Act previously passed the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this year and has bipartisan support in both the House … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: October 9, 2020”

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  • Oct 2, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

US official alleges big tech has started giving Hong Kong user data to China under new national security law

A senior US state official has alleged that big tech companies are already handing over Hong Kong user data to Chinese officials, The Guardian reports. Hong Kong has been drastically changed this year by a new national security law which firmly put Hong Kong in China’s vice grip. The official, whose anonymity The Guardian has … Continue reading “US official alleges big tech has started giving Hong Kong user data to China under new national security law”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: September 18, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of September 18th, 2020 SaveOnlineFreeSpeech.org lets you comment against Trump’s “Censor the Internet” executive order Digital rights advocacy group Fight for the Future has been driving comments to the FCC with a campaign on their new site: SaveOnlineFreeSpeech.org. The FCC had a call for public comments regarding President Trump’s … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: September 18, 2020”

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  • Sep 10, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

UN human rights experts condemn China’s new national security law for Hong Kong

Human rights experts from the United Nations have published a 14-page letter which was sent to China in which they lay out their concerns that China is violating international human rights agreements with their new law. The letter was written by UN special rapporteur, Fionnuala Ni Aolain, along with six other UN experts. Since the … Continue reading “UN human rights experts condemn China’s new national security law for Hong Kong”

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  • Sep 2, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Censorship, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

The privacy perils of using a mesh network – and why we urgently need one that is robust and open source

One of the reasons why protecting privacy is so hard is that our data is vulnerable in so many ways as it flows across the Internet. Threats can come from the companies that run online services, ISPs, telecom companies and governments. That’s bad enough for everyday situations, but in extreme ones, those weaknesses can have … Continue reading “The privacy perils of using a mesh network – and why we urgently need one that is robust and open source”

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  • Aug 26, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments,

As privacy problems continue to pile up for DNA databases, Covid-19 introduces a major new risk

Two years ago, Privacy News Online warned that the growing number of large-scale DNA databases were likely to become a serious threat to people’s privacy. Sadly, things have not improved since then. The increasing police use of DNA sites to find suspects for serious crimes, as described in that post, led one of the leaders … Continue reading “As privacy problems continue to pile up for DNA databases, Covid-19 introduces a major new risk”

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Private Internet Access shuts down VPN servers in Hong Kong due to new national security law

The Hong Kong VPN exit node will return as a geo-located region. Denver, CO, July 14th 2020 — Effective immediately, Private Internet Access (PIA) is wiping and shutting down our VPN servers located in Hong Kong in response to the new Chinese national security law foisted by fiat on Hong Kong. Private Internet Access, the … Continue reading “Private Internet Access shuts down VPN servers in Hong Kong due to new national security law”

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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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