India McKinney writes: In the 21st century, it is difficult to lead a life without a cell phone. It is also difficult to change your number—you’ve given it to all your friends, family, doctors, children’s schools, and so on. It’s especially difficult if you are trying to leave an abusive relationship where your abuser is…
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Unfair & deceitful commercial surveillance: Submission to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Submission to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission Written by Dr Johnny Ryan of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) on behalf of ICCL, Open Markets Institute, and the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue 21 November 2022 — ICCL, the Open Markets Institute, and the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, a forum of 75 NGOs, have sent the U.S. Federal…
Koch-funded group sues US state agency for installing ‘spyware’ on 1m Android devices
Jessica Lyons Hardcastle reports: The Massachusetts Department of Public Health conspired with Google to secretly install a COVID-19 tracing app onto more than 1 million Android users’ devices without their knowledge and without obtaining warrants, according to a class-action lawsuit filed this week by the New Civil Liberties Alliance. […] The Massachusetts app, according to…
The CNIL fines Discord €800,000 for non-compliance with the GDPR
Elizabeth George reports: While Playstation players are still waiting to be able to use Discord on PS5, the famous VoIP service has just had its suspenders lifted by the CNIL. Indeed, the National Commission for Computing and Freedoms announced this Thursday, November 17 that it had imposed a fine of €800,000 on Discord. In its official press…