General Data Protection Regulation
MembersMarked 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.
EU Court To Rule on Legality of Including Biometrics on ID Cards
A case that can have several privacy and rights implications.
EU fines Meta $414M for privacy violations
For forcing users to be profiled.
Members
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.