Kashmir Hill writes: The generally accepted trade-off on the Internet is that you give up your privacy to get free stuff. It’s summed up by a frequently repeated adage, “If you’re not paying for it, you’re the product.” But sometimes you’re paying for it, and you’re still the product. Verizon and AT&T customers are paying an (often steep)…
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Brazilian Congressman Introduces Right to Be Forgotten Bill
Hunton & Williams LLP writes: Eduardo Cunha, a congressman from the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party in Rio de Janeiro, recently introduced a new bill in Brazil that provides Brazilians with a right to be forgotten (PL 7881/2014). Rep. Cunha is one of the most influential congressmen in Brazil and has been reported likely to be…
New cloud services centre in Germany ‘aims to address data protection concerns’
Out-Law.com reports: A data centre company has said that a German data centre that it operates can now connect privately to Amazon’s cloud services in a way that it says satisfies German and EU data protection laws. Equinix Inc has said an additional facility in Frankfurt is offering Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) ‘Direct Connect’ cloud…
EFF and ACLU of Tennessee Team Up to Challenge Unconstitutional School District Policy
Nate Cardozo and Jamie Lee Williams write: School districts across the country are grappling with how to deal with their students’ use of technology and social media. All too often, in an attempt to protect students, they end up implementing technology polices that give administrators too much power and go too far in restricting what…