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#Dataprotection

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"Today, noyb has filed GDPR complaints against AliExpress, TikTok and WeChat. All three tech companies have failed to comply with access requests under Article 15 GDPR. This makes it impossible for European users to exercise their fundamental right to privacy, to find out how their personal data is being processed – and if the companies actually comply with other GDPR provisions, for example regarding data transfers. EU law usually allows users to get a full copy of their data."

noyb.eu/en/how-tiktok-aliexpre

noyb.euHow TikTok, AliExpress & WeChat ignore your GDPR rightsAll three companies failed to adequately answer the complainants' access requests

Last night, @pluralistic was in conversation with @mariafarrell to mark ORG's 20th birthday.

This wide-ranging conversation covers everything from the 'Internet dimension' of policy-making to copyright in the age of AI and how to fight for digital rights.

Plus much more!

Missed it live? No worries, you can watch it in full on Youtube 📺

youtube.com/live/M9H2An_D6io

Don't know all the details, but on the face of it the MoD data breach - hidden data in a spreadsheet exposing 1000s to potentially serious harm - is remarkably similar to the PSNI data breach. Yet the ICO fined PSNI but decided no regulatory action is required against the MoD

#DataProtection

ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media

ico.org.ukICO statement in response to 2022 MoD data breachWe have been carefully considering the circumstances of the breach throughout, supporting the MoD's own investigation.  

✅ If your #privacy and #dataprotection are important to you;

✅ If you're tired of the #surveillance #capitalism that drives the business models of #GAFAMI and #BATX tech giants, as they extract your #data and feed it to their #algorithms and #AI;

✅ If keeping control over your #personalInformation matters and #transparency matter to you;

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🎬 Now with English subtitles!

For those who missed it: The first episode of our new series Data Protection Discourse is now available with English subtitles!

In this kickoff conversation, Prof. Dr. Christiane Wendehorst (University of Vienna) and @maxschrems (@noybeu) sit down with @Frederick_Richter to unpack the current debate around #GDPR reform.

📺 Watch the full discussion on our website: stiftungdatenschutz.org/englis

stiftungdatenschutz.orgEnglishPractical Implementation of the Right to Data Portability, New Ways of Providing Consent in Data Protection (PIMS), Trusted Cloud Data Protection Profile for Cloud Services

"The GDPR serves as a “backbone of the EU’s digital rulebook”, but has also been a source of intense debate and criticism from the outset. Broadly, two main sides have emerged: some say the GDPR constitutes an excessive regulatory burden on businesses and the economy; others warn that revising it risks undermining fundamental rights.

In the current political climate, shaped by lobbying pressure from powerful private actors, political narratives are increasingly aligned with the first view. The Commission, as well as the coalition treaty of the current German government, call for reducing the burden on SMEs (small and medium enterprises) from GDPR obligations and other “bureaucratic” requirements.

While easing burdens on non-commercial actors, such as associations, is arguably reasonable and legitimate (as data protection is, after all, a balancing of interests between processors and data subjects), the debate is overly fixated on simplification, efficiency, and competitiveness. These terms, however, lack intrinsic normative value. Without clear reference points, they remain empty rhetoric. One can, after all, dismantle democracies very efficiently. Unless they are linked to fundamental rights and sustainable social and political objectives, an exclusive focus on these buzzwords will ultimately benefit only those actors who already dominate the market.

Meanwhile, several structural challenges remain unresolved: the dysfunctional instrument of consent; the increasing impossibility of distinguishing between data categories, especially in the age of AI; the structural erosion of data protection principles; the lack of coordination with other legal acts, and the continuing unbridled power of global players in the digital economy, whose aggressive data extraction continues."

verfassungsblog.de/reforming-t

Verfassungsblog · Reforming the GDPR 
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@CCC Über verschiedene Medien war zu lesen, dass die #Forschungsministerin Dorothee Bär unseren Datenschutz in Deutschland aushebeln möchte, da keine Daten aus der #epa zur Forschung ankommen.
Das ist #unfassbar beängstigend mit welcher Performance agiert wird, Gesetze nach Belieben aufzuweichen, um unsere Daten abzugreifen.

#bfdi #epa #DataProtection #DataPrivacy #DataPrivacyByDesign #datasovereignty against #datasurveillance #datasale #corruption

I suggest checking this news on Proton Blog about why you should opt out of Google’s Gemini AI on Android. 🔒⚠️

It collects data from apps like Gmail and WhatsApp even when you don’t use it. 📧🔍

Full opt-out isn’t possible yet, so take steps now to limit tracking. ✋🛡️
For stronger privacy, consider open-source Android alternatives. 🔐🗝️

@protonprivacy

proton.me/blog/turn-off-gemini

Proton · How to turn off Gemini on Android — and why you should | ProtonLearn how to turn off Gemini on Android, what the Google AI can see, its privacy risks, and how to limit its reach across your device.