Tag: netherlands
  • 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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  • 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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  • Jul 6, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Multiple European Attempts to Strengthen Online Privacy Are Likely to Have Global Impact

Often it can seem that the battle to protect online privacy is hopeless, as companies gather ever-more data about us as we move around the internet. But in the background, the fightback is underway. It’s happening on multiple fronts, and it’s happening slowly, but it is definitely happening. For example, back in 2017, Privacy News … Continue reading “Multiple European Attempts to Strengthen Online Privacy Are Likely to Have Global Impact”

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  • Mar 11, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Algorithmic bias: how automated decision making has become an assault on privacy – and what to do about it

Trying to detect welfare fraud, where people claim benefits they are not entitled to, is not new. Nor is it unreasonable: taxpayers rightly want to know that their money is going to those who truly need it. But a natural tendency by the authorities to turn to computers to help with the process of spotting … Continue reading “Algorithmic bias: how automated decision making has become an assault on privacy – and what to do about it”

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