General Data Protection Regulation

Marked Lives and Muted Voices: Exploring Government Watchlists

The growing impact of surveillance watchlists on everyday lives.

European Commission Pulls Ads From X, Says It’s Due to “Disinformation,” Not the Fact It’s Just Been Hit With a Legal Complaint Over Privacy-Invasive Ads

The EU takes another chance to protest X for not censoring enough.

UK Government Caught Surveilling Social Media of Teaching Assistants and Librarians

Monitoring dissent.

EU Court to Rule on Legality of Including Biometrics on ID Cards

A case that can have several privacy and rights implications.

UK Government Leans on Human Rights Law to Prevent Transparency of Its Encrypted Messages, While Calling to End Private Messages for Citizens

Hypocritical.

EU Fines Meta $414M for Privacy Violations

For forcing users to be profiled.

Joining the Pushback Against Facial Recognition Tech

UK Minister Praises Mass Personal Data Use During Pandemic, Calls for More of It in the Future

As expected.

YouTube Faces $3.2 Billion Lawsuit for Breaching Kids’ Privacy

Google is accused of harvesting the data of children under the age of 13.

European Court of Justice Rules That Pre-Checked Boxes for Cookie Consent Are Illegal

It is also to be noted that the ruling of this case filed by the German consumer group predates the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the May 2018.

EU Court Rules It’s a Privacy Invasion to Have Facebook Like Button on Websites

Facebook says it’s going to look at the ruling and work out a way to comply.

Attorney General William Barr Says People Will Just Have to Get Used to Encryption Backdoors

The proposal will weaken security for all citizens.