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Pat Walshe. Advocate for privacy and broader human rights impacted by data. Still on Twitter https://mastodon.social/@Privacymatters

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New police powers for protests unlawful, high court in London rules https://theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/21/new-police-powers-for-protests-unlawful-high-court-rules

The judgement https://x.com/JudiciaryUK/status/1792852052776730659 & https://judiciary.uk/judgments/national-council-for-civil-liberties-v-secretary-of-state-for-the-home-department-2/

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The European Commission has made a legally binding request for information, asking Bing to provide internal documents & data not disclosed in Bing's previous response. The RFI is based on the suspicion that Bing may have breached the DSA for risks linked to generative AI, such as so-called ‘hallucinations', the viral dissemination of deepfakes, as well as the automated manipulation of services that can mislead voters.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/mex_24_2681

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While not as well known as some of the others on this list, the Brave browser uses AI to provide fast, accurate results. It has the added bonus of not tracking users or their searches, removing privacy fears that your data will be sold to third-parties. In an update earlier this month, the company said it received nearly 10 billion queries in the past year—some 27 million queries per day. The engine also supports multiple languages in its responses. https://www.fastcompany.com/91123246/ai-native-search-bing-perplexity-google-brave?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

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The European Commission fines Apple over €1.8 billion over abusive App store rules for music streaming providers

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_1161

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YOUR data. YOUR human rights for sale. FCC fines US carriers for selling access to YOUR location data.

"The protection and use of sensitive personal data such as location information is sacrosanct,” Chief of the FCC Enforcement Bureau and Chair of its Privacy & Data Protection Task Force<damn right

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402213A1.pdf

YOUR human right:

  • to privacy
  • to be free from discrimination
  • to freedom of movement
  • to freedom of association
  • to freedom of expression
  • to liberty & security
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This good news.

Today, the European Commission designated Apple with respect to iPadOS as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act (“DMA”). Apple now has six months to ensure full compliance of iPadOS with the DMA obligations.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_2363

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"If Britain is so bothered by China, why do these .gov.uk sites use Chinese ad brokers?"

https://theregister.com/2024/04/24/ads_on_gov_uk_websites/

@metoffice https://metoffice.gov.uk/ads.txt

After decades in this space, privacy eroding adtech has flourished in great part due to a lack of effective enforcement. I don’t think we can rely on the UK ICO.

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Adtech that infest the web, feeding on bits of you, ask Google to delay killing 3rd party cookies cos ya know $$$$ …

Google: ‘yeah sure .. $$$ you say?’

https://adage.com/article/digital-marketing-ad-tech-news/google-forced-delay-post-cookie-plan-again/2554751

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Breaking! Just found the UK data protection regulator's new internal training video on dealing with data subject complaints if the complainant has not provided evidence of first complaining to the controller

an animated image of a BBC presenter counting down from ten to one one her fingers for going on air .. the last digit is a middle finger

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Meta Q4 2023 earnings call.

"we continue to monitor the active regulatory landscape, including the increasing legal and
regulatory headwinds in the EU and the US that could significantly impact our business and our financial results. Of note, the FTC is seeking to substantially modify our existing consent order and impose additional restrictions on our ability to operate. We are contesting this matter, but if we are unsuccessful it would have an adverse impact on our business."

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Zuckerberg on DMA/Apple: "I don't think that the Apple thing is going to have any difference for us because I
think that the way that they've implemented it, I would be very surprised if any
developer chose to go into the alternative app stores that they have. They've made
it so onerous, and, I think, so at odds with the intent of what the EU regulation was
that I think it's just going to be very difficult for anyone, including ourselves, to really
seriously entertain what they're doing there"

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Margrethe Vestager, the Vice-President of the EU Commission on the & ‘based on her almost ten years of experience in the competition sector said "This will be a fight” …. affected companies "will not simply change their business models.”

Describes Apple’s claims of privacy & security risks presented by changes demanded by the DMA as “nonsense.”

https://www.heise.de/news/Vestager-Apples-Sicherheitsbedenken-wegen-Sideloading-per-DMA-sind-Bloedsinn-9674114.html

Bravo

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Germany. The Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs has drawn up a draft bill that will make end-to-end encryption mandatory for messengers and cloud services in the future.

https://tuta.com/blog/german-government-publishes-encryption-law

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The Austrian DPA imposed a fine of €10,000 on a gynaecologist after he disclosed the data subject's diagnosis in a public response to an online negative review by the data subject 😱

https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=DSB_(Austria)_-_2023-0.420.407&mtc=today

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Worldcoin fails to get injunction against Spain’s privacy suspension

https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/11/worldcoin-fails-to-get-injunction-against-spains-privacy-suspension/

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EU Digital Markets Act ()

Gatekeeper Compliance reports provided to the @EU_Commission https://digital-markets-act-cases.ec.europa.eu/reports/compliance-reports

Alphabet
Amazon
Apple
ByteDance
Meta
Microsoft

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An example of the positive impact of the on competition and iOS default browser choice

Why did Apple and Google make it hard to switch default browsers for so many years?

Because it's a powerful way to block competitors.

Just look at what happened to Brave installs on iPhone in the EU when Apple rolled out a new default browser choice screen on March 6th:

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Hmm Google's Compliance report https://drive.proton.me/urls/14TN1ZVTHC#jGJfjhkKHaGm, page 114 suggests their approach to search engine & browser choice screens meets Art 6(3) of the DMA. Respectfully, I don't think it does - but perhaps Google can provide an example from an EU user today, of their experience ?

Also see earlier toot https://mastodon.social/@Privacymatters/112059788173334676

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has found that Twitter/X owner Elon Musk gave staff orders that would have violated a FTC consent decree on privacy and security — if they'd been carried out. It turns out that the only reason Twitter/X remained in compliance was because its staff disobeyed their then-CEO. https://mashable.com/article/twitter-files-x-musk-staff-ftc-order

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Movie firms wanted 7 years' worth of IP address logs on users who discussed piracy on Reddit. Judge rejected the request <demonstrates why data protection by design & default (& data minimisation) are important - if you haven't got it they can''t seek it https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/reddit-beats-film-industry-again-wont-have-to-reveal-pirates-ip-addresses/

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On twitter:

Order of the President of the : 's @TikTok_us application to suspend the @EU_Commission's decision appointing it as gatekeeper is rejected 👉 https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_7052/

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The personal information of 33 million French citizens could be exposed after two French health insurance operators suffered a data breach in early February.

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/france-33-million-social-security/

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I'm reminded of this 2010-2012 series by the @WSJTech 'What they Know' series of investigative reporting about online tracking https://wsj.com/news/types/what-they-know… worth taking a look at what has been a long standing problem & concern that is only getting worse

https://www.wsj.com/news/types/what-they-know

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Apple. The EU DMAs requirement for alt means to download apps on iOS opens ‘new avenues for malware, fraud & scams, illicit &harmful content, and other privacy & security threats’

Also Apple. We don’t prevent fake apps on the App Store that compromise user security & privacy. https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2024/01/apple-announces-changes-to-ios-safari-and-the-app-store-in-the-european-union/

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In its tantrum with Europe, Apple broke web apps in iOS 17 beta, still hasn't fixed them. PWAs demoted to OWB: Operating Within Browser

https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/08/apple_web_apps_eu/?

Apple’s behaviour imo gives rise to competion questions

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