Glen Owens reports: A shadowy Army unit secretly spied on British citizens who criticised the Government’s Covid lockdown policies, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Military operatives in the UK’s ‘information warfare’ brigade were part of a sinister operation that targeted politicians and high-profile journalists who raised doubts about the official pandemic response. They compiled dossiers on…
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Home Depot did not comply with privacy law when it shared data with Meta, Canadian privacy watchdog says
Marsha McCleod reports: Home Depot Canada did not comply with federal law when it shared data from e-mail receipts with the social media giant, Meta, without its customers’ consent, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada said Thursday, after the release of an investigation by his office that also served to warn other businesses that may be…
Ireland DPC sends Meta data transfer case to EU for Article 65 dispute resolution
Jedidiah Bracy reports: The fate of Meta’s data transfers to the U.S. could hinge on an Article 65 dispute resolution mechanism in the EU, after Ireland’s Data Protection Commission was unable to resolve objections from other EU data protection authorities to its draft enforcement decision. Politico reporter Vincent Manancourt originally broke the news, which was then confirmed…
EU Trying to Bring in ‘Mass Surveillance’ with Proposed Chat Control Law – MEP
So okay, this is definitely NOT okay from this blogger’s perspective. Breitbart reports: A senior MEP within the European Parliament has accused the EU of trying to bring in “mass surveillance” with a new law controlling private online chats. Dr Nicolaus Fest MEP, the leader of the populist Alternative für Deutschland party within the European Parliament,…