This was one of the first things I ever wrote for The Intercept theintercept.com/2016/08/09/p...
10.03.2026 21:49
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They just need a good DPO :)
10.03.2026 20:32
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MPs have rejected a proposed ban on social media for under-16s despite earlier backing from peers and campaigners including actor Hugh Grant.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
09.03.2026 23:22
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No ID Checks for Web Access
Take action! What’s the problem? The Government has proposed amendments to the Children Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which would give Ministers the power to restrict access to "internet services".…
🚨 ID checks to get online could become the new norm 🚨
A new amendment would give the government sweeping powers to block access to lawful information and communications.
That's unless we submit our identification to a bounty of providers.
Tell your MP to stop this broad and repressive law ⬇️
05.03.2026 12:53
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Sad not not have @heartofprivacy.bsky.social on the pod for a week, but during her well earned holiday, was good to ca h up with @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu and discuss the weeks’ #DataProtection and #Privacy events!
04.03.2026 22:30
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04.03.2026 22:08
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Family-friendly places: Ban Meta’s facial recognition glasses today
We created resources for family-friendly establishments that want to protect their vulnerable customers to post a ban sign at all their entrances & sign the pledge to ban these glasses.
Individuals can request this from businesses & community centers with tools here too:
fftf.link/MetaRayBans
04.03.2026 17:46
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No, BBC, end-to-end encryption isn’t ’controversial privacy tech’, it’s industry standard protection
04.03.2026 07:52
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TikTok says it won't encrypt DMs claiming it puts users at risk
TikTok tells the BBC it won't join rival platforms such as WhatsApp and Messenger in using end-to-end encryption.
According to the BBC E2EE is “controversial technology” - so protecting your user base is somehow “contravertial” ??? Weird times.
Article: TikTok won't protect DMs with controversial privacy tech, saying it would put users at risk www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
04.03.2026 07:45
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Images of an old silver 1999 Toyota Corolla for sale
You want a car that gets the job done? You want a car that's hassle free? You want a car that literally no one will ever compliment you on? Well look no further.
The 1999 Toyota Corolla.
Let's talk about features.
Bluetooth: nope
Sunroof: nope
Fancy wheels: nope
Rear view camera: nope...but it's got a transparent rear window and you have a fucking neck that can turn.
Let me tell you a story. One day my Corolla started making a strange sound. I didn't give a shit and ignored it. It went away. The End.
You could take the engine out of this car, drop it off the Golden Gate Bridge, fish it out of the water a thousand years later, put it in the trunk of the car, fill the gas tank up with Nutella, turn the key, and this puppy would fucking start right up.
This car will outlive you, it will outlive your children.
Things this car is old enough to do:
Vote: yes
Consent to sex: yes
Rent a car: it IS a car
This car's got history. It's seen some shit. People have done straight things in this car. People have done gay things in this car. It's not going to judge you like a fucking Volkswagen would.
Interesting facts:
This car's exterior color is gray, but it's interior color is grey.
In the owner's manual, oil is listed as "optional."
When this car was unveiled at the 1998 Detroit Auto Show, it caused all 2,000 attendees to spontaneously yawn. The resulting abrupt change in air pressure inside the building caused a partial collapse of the roof. Four people died. The event is chronicled in the documentary "Bored to Death: The Story of the 1999 Toyota Corolla
You wanna know more? Great, I had my car fill out a Facebook survey.
Favorite food: spaghetti
Favorite tv show: Alf
Favorite band: tie between Bush and the Gin Blossoms
This car is as practical as a Roth IRA. It's as middle-of-the-
When I ran the CarFax for this car, I got back a single piece of paper that said, "It's a Corolla, It's fine."
Let's face the facts, this car isn't going to win any beauty contests, but neither are you. Stop lying to yourself and stop lying to your wife. This isn't the car you want, it's the car you deserve: The fucking 1999 Toyota Corolla.
Google map of cars location
Never forget: 8 years ago a random person on Craigslist wrote the most effective ad for the Toyota Corolla, ever.
01.03.2026 05:22
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According to the summary, 'Gibraltar’s domestic legal
system will incorporate EU law where alignment is required and [EU law] will be enforced by Gibraltar’s own authorities and courts'
Personal data flows freely EU/Gibraltar, without needing an adequacy decision, as long as Gib aligns with EU law
26.02.2026 09:56
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This week on @seriousprivacy.eu @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu rants about digital sovereignty, @heartofprivacy.bsky.social talks new American legislation, they also talk about the latest WhatsApp decision from the Court of Justice of the European Union.
seriousprivacy.buzzsprout.com/840448/episo...
20.02.2026 10:29
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"It's not artificial intelligence. It's African intelligence."
Michael Geoffrey Asia, the secretary general of the Data Labelers Association in Kenya tells @jasonkoebler.bsky.social about the notoriously brutal and underpaid work of training AI.
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH65...
17.02.2026 14:59
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The European Court of Human Rights has dealt with over 430,000 applications in the last 10 years.
Less than 2% of those related to immigration.
And more than 90% of THOSE were dismissed by the Court.
Check out our new factsheet on migration and the ECHR👇
🔗 go.coe.int/MJ3B2
13.02.2026 09:08
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“It depends…”
13.02.2026 09:29
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Imgur owner MediaLab fined over children’s privacy failures
Our investigation found MediaLab used children’s data unlawfully
The ICO fined MediaLab for not verifying user age, collecting personal data from children under 13 without parental consent or a legal basis, and failing to assess privacy risks to children. See ico.org.uk/about-the-ic....
05.02.2026 13:31
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Data protection by design and by default
The ICO has updated this guidance to reflect changes following the DUAA. This includes a new subsection on the ‘children’s higher protection matters’ duty that DUAA added to the UK GDPR’s provisions on data protection by design and by default. ico.org.uk/for-organisa...
05.02.2026 12:27
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Great to catch up with @tomkemp00.bsky.social on the @seriousprivacy.eu podcast this week. What is happening in California - the leader for U.S. state level data protection?
05.02.2026 06:07
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Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/82) have been made and published. This includes the remaining provisions of the DUAA which amends UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and ePrivacy Regulation 2003. See lnkd.in/enTH8Yk5.
03.02.2026 15:54
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The amount of data farming involved in trying to do the right thing by buying an EV… ugh.
02.02.2026 12:21
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