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Virgin Media ISP Leak Reveals Some Customers Who Requested Porn to Be Unblocked
Privacy campaigners that said a porn ID system would lead to leaks have perhaps been vindicated.
Digital Rights Group Suggests “Meme Ban” Upload Filters Could Clash With Privacy Laws
The EU’s baby may not be able to legally exist.
Judge Rules US Government Can Claim All Proceeds From Edward Snowden’s Book
Critics are seeing it as an act of retaliation.
Magic: The Gathering Owner Exposes Thousands of Player Details Online
Repors suggest they weren’t quick to respond to the issue when told about the exposure.
Doctors and Nurses Raise the Alarm on Facebook’s WhatsApp Being Used to Transmit Patient Medical Information
Doctors and nurses routinely use the service to converse with other staff about patients.
Edward Snowden Calls GDPR a “Paper Tiger”, Says Data Collection Is the Real Problem, Not Data Protection
Snowden was speaking at a conference in Lisbon.
Revolut’s New Privacy Policy Assumes User Consent to Share Data for “Marketing Purposes”
You don’t opt in. You have to opt out.
Meeting Between YouTubers Union and Google Called Off After Google Refuses to Meet With YouTuber Joerg Sprave
The union accuse Google of unwillingness to accept any representatives of YouTuber Union as participants in the conversation
Blizzard Accused of Disabling Authentication to Stop Users Deleting Accounts During Boycott
Multiple Blizzard users are reporting that the company won’t let them authenticate and close their accounts.
France’s National Face ID Database Is Coming Sooner Than Expected
How all of this will sit with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is yet to be seen.
France Wants to Analyze Users’ Facebook Profiles and Data to Find Tax Fraud
Macron’s government has now moved forward with a proposal that has been sent to France’s parliament, which will open a debate on the draft in mid-October.
Andrew Yang Proposes Policy That Would Classify All Digital Data as Personal Property
Yang is proposing digital rights that make us wonder: why they don’t exist already? In this sense, the candidate is proposing things like the right to be informed of the data that is being collected from you, and how it will be put to use.
