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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: November 20, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of November 20th, 2020 Proposed FTC settlement is a disservice to Zoom customers, says Commissioner The  FTC has released its proposed settlement with Zoom over the video conferencing company’s false claims of offering end-to-end encrypted services. The settlement doesn’t require Zoom to pay any recompense to customers, and has … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: November 20, 2020”

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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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  • Sep 23, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Web sites shared over 100 trillion pieces of our personal data last year: time to stop real-time bidding’s blatant disregard of privacy

Last week Privacy News Online wrote about developments in the long-running battle between the privacy campaigner Max Schrems and Facebook. One of the key issues there is the failure by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) to act on the initial complaint made by Schrems seven years ago. That matters, because under EU law, Ireland … Continue reading “Web sites shared over 100 trillion pieces of our personal data last year: time to stop real-time bidding’s blatant disregard of privacy”

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