2022-07-11
A big victory for @bitsoffreedom. ‘Good news: Dutch secret services destroy unlawfully stored information on millions of innocent citizens’ https://edri.org/...
Politico
Despite many of the CJEU's rulings saying mass surveillance is banned in the EU, member states have ruthlessly exploited loopholes to collect and keep the data
2022-07-10
A big victory for @bitsoffreedom. ‘Good news: Dutch secret services destroy unlawfully stored information on millions of innocent citizens’ https://edri.org/...
Politico
Despite many of CJEU's rulings saying mass surveillance is banned in the EU, member states have been exploiting loopholes in them to collect and keep the data
Jack Murphy* was suspicious. His ex-girlfriend, Eve Doherty, seemed to know a lot about who he was calling. — His suspicions were merited.
2022-03-19
'Australia's consumer watchdog is taking Meta to court, alleging the company “aided and abetted” celebrity scam ads on Facebook that have cost some Australians hundreds of thousands of dollars.' https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Reuters
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission sues Meta claiming Facebook “aided and abetted” scam cryptocurrency ads with photos of famous Australians
Australian competition watchdog has begun proceedings against Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) …
2022-03-18
'Australia's consumer watchdog is taking Meta to court, alleging the company “aided and abetted” celebrity scam ads on Facebook that have cost some Australians hundreds of thousands of dollars.' https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Reuters
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission sues Meta claiming Facebook “aided and abetted” scam cryptocurrency ads with photos of famous Australians
Australian competition watchdog has begun proceedings against Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) …
2021-07-20
Can't wait to read the CJEU judgment. I argued in a paper that “in most circumstances, the only available legal basis for the processing of personal data for behavioural targeting is the data subject's unambiguous consent.” (2015. So long ago already!?) https://twitter.com/...
noyb.eu
Austria's Supreme Court asks CJEU if Facebook “undermines” GDPR by treating a contract as consent to deliver targeted ads, following a request from Max Schrems
BREAKING: Austrian Supreme Court asks CJEU if Facebook “undermines” the GDPR by confusing ‘consent’ with an alleged ‘contract’.
2021-07-02
OECD: “130 countries and jurisdictions, representing more than 90% of global GDP, joined the Statement establishing a new framework for international tax reform” https://www.oecd.org/...
Politico
Around 130 countries, including all G20 nations, agree to a global tax deal, aimed at world's 100 biggest companies and setting minimum corporate rates at 15%
2021-05-07
'If you are a commercial or public sector customer in the EU.. we will not.. move your data outside the EU. This commitment will apply across all of Microsoft's core cloud services - Azure, Microsoft 365, and Dynamics 365.' https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...
ZDNet
Microsoft announces a new pledge for EU commercial users of Azure, Microsoft 365, and Dynamics 365, allowing them to store most of their data in the EU by 2022
Liam Tung / ZDNet :
2021-04-10
“How many times do researchers and journalists need to find these problems before we just accept that the whole ad-targeting system is bankrupt?” adds Christo Wilson https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Researchers say Facebook's algorithms disproportionately show certain types of job ads to men and women; no evidence of gender skewing was found on LinkedIn
Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal :
2021-04-05
NL: “there is a data centre run by two men from The Hague. For years they have been under investigation by the authorities in connection with cybercrime, malware and child pornography on their network. But that has not deterred the two men” https://www.nrc.nl/...
NRC
A look at a data center in the Netherlands run by Ecatel, which has faced little action despite being investigated for years for hosting malware and child porn
Oh, my bad. You shouldn't worry about the data breach. Facebook's Director of “Strategic Response Communications” explains: “We found and fixed this issue in August 2019”. https://twitter.com/...
Insider
Personally identifiable data of 533M Facebook users has been posted online; Facebook says the data comes from a leak that was reported on and fixed in 2019
- The personal data of over 500 million Facebook users has been posted online in a low-level hacking forum.
2021-03-04
Google's “changes do not apply to mobile phones running Google's Android operating system, where the company still provides advertisers with a personalized ID for each user. Mobile Internet use is fast outpacing desktop browsers”, @GerritD https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
The Verge
Google promises it will not build alternate identifiers to track users after phasing out third-party tracking cookies
Google says it wants a ‘privacy-first web’ — Google is slowly phasing out third-party tracking cookies, and today, it's making it clear that it won't just replace …
2021-03-03
“Facebook's Oversight Board is trying to gain access to the social network's curation algorithm to understand how it works, according to Alan Rusbridger, the former editor of the Guardian and a member of the quasi-independent body.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Gizmodo
Facebook Oversight Board member told UK Parliament that the panel feels constrained when reviewing decisions on a case-by-case basis, may seek algorithm access
Facebook's so-called “Supreme Court” is reportedly seeking the company's permission to examine the underlying machine-learning models …
2020-05-20
Bundesverfassungsgericht (German Federal Constitutional Court): ‘In their current form, surveillance powers of the Federal Intelligence Service regarding foreign telecommunications violate fundamental rights of the Basic Law’ https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de / ...
Fortune
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court rules that spying on the Frankfurt exchange's global internet traffic by the BND, its intelligence agency, is illegal
David Meyer / Fortune :
2020-01-19
“European Commission is considering measures to impose a temporary ban on facial recognition technologies used by both public and private actors” https://www.euractiv.com/...
EURACTIV.com
Leaked white paper: European Commission is considering a 3-5 year ban on the use of facial recognition technology by private or public actors in public spaces
Samuel Stolton / EURACTIV.com :
2020-01-18
“European Commission is considering measures to impose a temporary ban on facial recognition technologies used by both public and private actors” https://www.euractiv.com/...
EURACTIV.com
Leaked white paper: European Commission is considering a 3-5 year ban on the use of facial recognition technology by private or public actors in public spaces
Languages: Ελλην ικά … The European Commission is considering measures to impose …
2019-12-07
'Hungary's competition watchdog handed Facebook a $4 million fine for claiming its services were free. Facebook made a profit from utilizing users' online activity and data, which served as “payment”, the authority said' https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
Hungary's regulator fines Facebook $4M, arguing that it misled users by claiming its services are free, while earning money from ads based on user activity
Marton Eder / Bloomberg :