Patrick Kariuki writes: Meta has announced updates for end-to-end encrypted chats on Facebook Messenger. Default end-to-end encryption won’t arrive on Messenger until sometime in 2023, but now you can opt-in and take advantage of the added features. The most noteworthy development is the addition of a control to its disappearing messages that notifies you if…
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Freedom Convoy: Why Canadian truckers are protesting in Ottawa
Jessica Murphyh reports: After a week-long drive across Canada, a convoy of big rigs has arrived in the national capital to protest vaccine mandates and Covid-19 measures. Organisers insist it will be peaceful, but police say they’re prepared for trouble. It’s been dubbed the Freedom Convoy, and it’s got the country talking. The movement was…
Top 10 for 2022 – Happy Data Privacy Day!
Joseph J. Lazzarotti & Jason C. Gavejian of JacksonLewis posted this yesterday: In honor of Data Privacy Day, we provide the following “Top 10 for 2022.” While the list is by no means exhaustive, it does provide some hot topics for organizations to consider in 2022. State Consumer Privacy Law Developments On January 1, 2020,…
12th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers Awardees Explore the Nature of Privacy Rights & Harms
The winners of the 12th annual Future of Privacy (FPF) Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award ask big questions about what should be the foundational elements of data privacy and protection and who will make key decisions about the application of privacy rights. Their scholarship will inform policy discussions around the world about privacy harms, corporate responsibilities,…