The Local reports: An Austrian privacy campaign group lodged complaints against eight online streaming services Friday, accusing them of “structural violations” of EU data regulations that came into effect last year. NOYB, a non-profit organisation whose name means None Of Your Business, said it had filed a complaint with Austria’s Data Protection Authority against services including Netflix,…
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Edmond salon responds to negative reviews by posting customers’ personal information
KFOR-TV, K. Querry, and Shevaun Bryan report that an Edmond, Oklahoma salon seems to have figured out a sure-fire way to get more attention for themselves… although not the kind they intended. An Edmond business has found itself in hot water recently after online posts began circulating on social media. The business’ Google account responded…
Austrian Data Protection Authority Validates Paid Subscription Model as a Viable Alternative to Ad Tracking
Nicholas Shepherd and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses of Covington & Burling write: On 30 November 2018, the Austrian Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) decided that the website of an online media publisher – which offers users a choice between consenting to advertising cookies or paying for a subscription – gives users a free choice that is compatible with the requirements of…
Clawing Back a Bit of Privacy
The Editorial Board of the New York Times writes: In 2017, an internet troll named Tyler Barriss called a SWAT team to what he thought was the home address of another gamer who had insulted him online in Wichita, Kan. It was the wrong address. In the confused confrontation that followed, a police officer shot and killed Andrew Finch,…