Full disclosure at the top of this: I was a supporter of ACLU. I stopped supporting them years ago over concerns that they were sharing donor lists. Eventually, they convinced me to come back. I stopped supporting them again. And after reading Ashkan’s thread, I doubt I will ever donate to them again. Ashkan Soltani…
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More privacy news from around the world….
A Vaccine Passport Is the New Golden Ticket as the World Reopens: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-25/covid-vaccine-passports-2021-the-golden-ticket-for-international-travel Get Ready to Show Your Vaccine Passport Everywhere: https://reason.com/2021/03/29/get-ready-to-show-your-vaccine-passport-everywhere/ Parliament calls for improved implementation and enforcement of the GDPR: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210322IPR00527/parliament-calls-for-improved-implementation-and-enforcement-of-the-gdpr Russia- Roskomnadzor proposes expansion of personal data law to include foreign internet entities: https://rg.ru/2021/03/23/roskomnadzor-predlagaet-rasshirit-dejstvie-zakona-o-personalnyh-dannyh.html France- Data Protection Authority cast doubt on Apple’s…
Yale Researchers Create ‘Ancestry.com’ for Cells
Madeline Reyes reports: Scientists have developed a new state of the art technique to view a cell’s entire life story, allowing them to trace a single skin cell’s lineage from its earliest stage in embryonic development to its full maturity at adulthood. In a study published Thursday in the journal Science, a team of researchers…
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Links courtesy of Joe Cadillic: W.H.O.: Countries Should Not Require Coronavirus ‘Vaccine Passports’ https://www.breitbart.com/health/2021/03/09/w-h-o-countries-should-not-require-coronavirus-vaccine-passports/ Data Privacy post COVID-19: What has changed and where do we go now? https://www.euractiv.com/section/data-protection/video/data-privacy-post-covid-19-what-has-changed-and-where-do-we-go-now/ The EU wants to have all private chats, messages, and emails automatically searched for suspicious content: https://european-pirateparty.eu/the-end-of-the-privacy-of-digital-correspondence/ https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52020PC0568&from=EN EDPB adopts guidelines on connected vehicles: https://edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2021/european-data-protection-board-46th-plenary-session_en Latvia- The…