65dBnoise<p>The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICCL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICCL</span></a>) secures permission to take Ireland’s first ever class action<br>Pioneering lawsuit against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> follows ICCL undercover investigation of data brokers that trade millions of people’s sensitive personal data</p><p>The online advertising's Real-Time Bidding (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RTB</span></a>) is the biggest data breach ever recorded.</p><p>Details:<br><a href="https://www.iccl.ie/rtb/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">iccl.ie/rtb/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Lawsuit:<br><a href="https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/iccl-secures-permission-to-take-irelands-first-ever-class-action/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">iccl.ie/digital-data/iccl-secu</span><span class="invisible">res-permission-to-take-irelands-first-ever-class-action/</span></a></p><p>Animation credit: ICCL</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technofascism</span></a></p>
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Aral Balkan<p>In a historic win for data protection and privacy, the High Court of Ireland has this afternoon granted ICCL permission to take Ireland’s first ever class action. The lawsuit targets Microsoft’s vast online advertising business.</p><p>The litigation is anticipated to affect Microsoft’s operations across Europe, because Ireland is the venue of Microsoft’s EU headquarters.</p><p>Dr Johnny Ryan, Director of ICCL’s Enforce unit, is leading the case. Speaking after the hearing, he said:</p><p>“The significance of today's decision extends beyond just Microsoft. Ireland is also the HQ venue for Google, Meta, TikTok, X and Apple. Today, nine years and one day after the GDPR was first introduced, we are finally opening up a way to enforce it against big tech on behalf of everyone. Regrettably, the Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has paralysed enforcement of EU data law. But that need no longer be the case.”</p><p>The litigation follows research by ICCL Enforce that uncovered how people’s intimate relationships, finances, and other secrets, are broadcast by Microsoft into the Real-Time Bidding (RTB) advertising system. Microsoft’s RTB system operates behind the scenes on websites and apps to match advertising to specific people.</p><p>ICCL argues this system is exposing users to malicious profiling and discrimination. It also argues that the system is undermining European security.</p><p>ICCL is taking the legal action on behalf of all affected people in Ireland under the new EU Collective Redress Directive. The organisation hopes to force Microsoft to bring its systems into compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).</p><p>Posing as a data buyer, ICCL Enforce obtained thousands of RTB data “segments” about Irish people. These include information such as whether a person gambles, their finances and debt, and even such sensitive information as whether the person works in a sensitive national security role.</p><p><a href="https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/iccl-secures-permission-to-take-irelands-first-ever-class-action/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">iccl.ie/digital-data/iccl-secu</span><span class="invisible">res-permission-to-take-irelands-first-ever-class-action/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/ICCL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICCL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adtech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/peopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peopleFarming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/classAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/RTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RTB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>🇧🇪 Belgian appeals court rules <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TCF" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TCF</span></a>'s <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/consent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>consent</span></a> framework that enables 80% of the internet's <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/SurveillanceAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SurveillanceAds</span></a> is illegal.</p><p>What a fantastic win for the complainants (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@edri" class="u-url mention">@<span>edri</span></a></span> members) <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@panoptykon" class="u-url mention">@<span>panoptykon</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@bitsoffreedom" class="u-url mention">@<span>bitsoffreedom</span></a></span>, and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ICCL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ICCL</span></a> !</p><p><a href="https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/eu-ruling-tracking-based-advertising-by-google-microsoft-amazon-x-across-europe-has-no-legal-basis/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">iccl.ie/digital-data/eu-ruling</span><span class="invisible">-tracking-based-advertising-by-google-microsoft-amazon-x-across-europe-has-no-legal-basis/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TrackingFreeAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrackingFreeAds</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RTB</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tracking</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GDPR</span></a></p>
Patrick Leavy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@johnnyryan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>johnnyryan</span></a></span> dude, all of you at the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICCL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICCL</span></a> are doing AMAZING work!</p><p>Your reports on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RTB</span></a> system are very important. How can awareness be increased?</p><p>(Most people I speak to haven't even heard of it ☹️)</p>
Marcel Waldvogel<p>Erst vor ein paar Wochen hat <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@adfichter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>adfichter</span></a></span> bei <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/DNIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNIP</span></a> über ähnliche Machenschaften von grossen Schweizer Medienhäusern (wie <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/NZZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZZ</span></a>, <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Blick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blick</span></a> oder <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Watson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Watson</span></a>) berichtet (die damals auch aufgrund der kritischen Anfragen behoben wurden). Getriggert wurde die Recherche aufgrund des Reports, den <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@wchr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wchr</span></a></span> und <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@johnnyryan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>johnnyryan</span></a></span> über <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/AdTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdTech</span></a> für <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/ICCL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICCL</span></a> geschrieben hatten: "The Biggest Data Breach"<br>3/n<br><a href="https://dnip.ch/2024/03/26/der-taegliche-data-breach/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dnip.ch/2024/03/26/der-taeglic</span><span class="invisible">he-data-breach/</span></a></p>
Panoptykon<p>21.09.2023 wyjątkowa rozprawa przed <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TSUE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TSUE</span></a>: Trybunał Sprawiedliwości Unii Europejskiej zajmie się śledzącą reklamą w sieci. Czemu? System wymuszania zgód na śledzenie w celach reklamowych narusza nasze prawa i chcemy doprowadzić do jego gruntownej zmiany -- a najlepiej całkowitego zaorania na rzecz bardziej przyjaznych prywatności form reklamy.</p><p>Kulisy sprawy i analiza problemu:</p><p><a href="https://panoptykon.org/iab-tsue-rozprawa-2023" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">panoptykon.org/iab-tsue-rozpra</span><span class="invisible">wa-2023</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ICCL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ICCL</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TSUE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TSUE</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@avolha" class="u-url mention">@<span>avolha</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.internet-czas-dzialac.pl/@icd" class="u-url mention">@<span>icd</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@didleth" class="u-url mention">@<span>didleth</span></a></span></p>
Pink Joanie Club 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️😷<p>ICCL continues to monitor Garda involvement in evictions and we reiterate that their involvement is only necessary if responding to actual or threatened criminal behaviour and to maintain public order.</p><p>(3/3)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/HowIrelandWorks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowIrelandWorks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/MastoDaoine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoDaoine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Waterford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waterford</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/AnGardaS%C3%ADoch%C3%A1na" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnGardaSíochána</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Garda%C3%AD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gardaí</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/evictions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evictions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/landlords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landlords</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/tenants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tenants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ICCL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICCL</span></a></p>
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