As determined by noyb, the company collects sensitive data such as political views and religious beliefs by monitoring clicks, likes and responses to posts on its own platform.
Felix Mikolasch, data protection lawyer at noyb: “After we filed our first complaint in this matter, the EU Commission has already confirmed to stop advertising on X. However, to put an end to this in general, we need enforcement against X as a platform used by many others.”
Welfare surveillance powers are being introduced by the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.
The UK government will be able to access the financial data of ANY benefit claimant. This data could be misinterpreted and sanctions imposed incorrectly.
We've signed this joint letter from UK civil society organisations for the removal of these powers from the Bill.
The most common used #debit card by financially illiterate people, the #postepay card by #posteitaliane#bank is now forcing you to allow it to access the android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS permissions from the android settings, otherwise you can only use it 3 times and then it will stop working.
I will update this when (and if exists) I receive the #privacy#policy link, since this is a disaster
#EU#CJEU#GDPR#DataProtection#BigTech#AdTech#TargetedAds#OnlineTracking: "In a landmark decision on 7 March 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a groundbreaking judgment against online targeted ads prohibited by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This ruling has far-reaching implications for major platforms, including giants like Google and TikTok, that rely on the online personalised advertising industry as part of their business model. The Court recognised that invasive tracking and profiling cannot be sanctioned through ‘consent’ pop-ups, responding to a complaint that focused on the mechanisms facilitating the covert profiling and monitoring of the private activities of a majority of individuals across the digital realm. The court’s decision emphasised the need for stricter controls on the online tracking and advertising industry." https://edri.org/our-work/europes-highest-court-delivers-landmark-judgment-against-iab-europe-in-gdpr-consent-spam-pop-ups-case/
The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill is back at Committee Stage in the UK House of Lords.
Welfare surveillance powers in the Bill are an injustice waiting to happen.
The Department for Work and Pensions (UK) will be able to access the financial information of any benefit claimant – from Universal Credit to Child Benefit and State Pensions.
The Netherlands benefits scandal saw thousands being unjustly accused of fraud and having their benefits incorrectly withdrawn after errors in data sharing and automated decision-making.
The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (UK) weakens protections against solely automated decisions that have life-changing or significant impacts. This will increase the risk of harms.
Indeed the DWP is already being criticised for its use of AI, despite warnings of algorithmic bias.
While we can appeal automated decisions, it’s of little use without access or resources to scrutinise how AI systems work.
The #DPDIBill (UK) makes it easier for organisations to refuse to comply with Subject Access Requests. If you don’t know what data is being held about you, it’s harder to challenge decisions or correct mistakes.
And even if we can get access, the Bill lets organisations refuse requests to erase or correct data if they lack the resources.
As AI is trained on data, any inaccurate data means automated systems will continue to make mistakes and embed biases.
With the Department for Work and Pensions (UK) not being transparent over its automated systems while expanding its use, there are real concerns of harms.
Combined with weaker protections against faulty automated decision-making and curtailed data access rights, welfare surveillance powers in the #DPDIBill are an injustice waiting to happen.
We need an independent regulator to ensure strong protections and get redress when things go wrong.
But the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (UK) weakens the role of the Information Commissioner's Office. That’s why we've presented amendments.
The revolving door between business and the UK data protection regulator must stop to prioritise our rights.
✅ ORG's amendment protects the new Commission from regulatory capture by introducing a three-years stay period that prohibits its members to work for the industries they were regulating.
40 % of the infrastructure expenditure is burnt to send #SMS codes.
I was forced to receive an SMS from Signal more than once after the first time. The SMS arrived from a sender I had never heard about. Signal's subprocessors are not listed on https://signal.org/legal/#privacy-policy (which doesn't even acknowledge the existence of #GDPR).
@lifeofguenter For a threads.net account to be followabe from the Fediverse, several conditions have to be met at this time:
1.) The account must be located in the USA, Canada or Japan. Perhaps more countries will be added soon, but for the time being not from the EU thanks to the #GDPR.
2.) The #Theads account holder must have agreed to be visible in the Fediverse.
See also the official announcement at engineering.fb.com/2024/03/21/networking-traffic/threads-has-entered-the-fediverse/
With the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill at Committee Stage in the UK House of Lords, here's a round-up of what's changing with data protection in the UK.
You’ll have weaker rights to challenge how data is used and shared with less ability to find that out in the first place.
The #DataGrabBill lets UK government Ministers approve international data transfers, even if the country lacks data protection rights or remedies for data subjects.
This will make the UK data laundering hub, putting the UK's adequacy agreement with the EU at risk.
European Commission’s use of Microsoft 365 infringes data protection law for EU institutions and bodies, says the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)
If you can't wait for #Netflix’s new “Three-Body Problem” show, know that #Peacock will soon stream the 30-part Chinese adaptation “Three-Body”! (See Verge article below.)