“Some people might not mind parties processing their data in this manner, but many people are uncomfortable with political parties building profiles about them. ORG’s tool helps the public take back some control over their data.”
The European privacy community
has repeatedly pointed at the GDPR‘s sometimes slow and insufficient enforcement. And I won’t argue with that. But I‘d like you to consider that the lack of GDPR literacy and privacy awareness is at least equally problematic. Even the best enforcement mechanisms are useless when people do not know their rights. We need to do more, not only to improve enforcement, but also to better educate people on privacy matters!
— #privacy#DataProtection#GDPR#DigitalLiteracy
Email from Meta this morning:
“To help bring [Meta AI and AI Creative Tools] to you, we'll now rely on the legal basis called legitimate interests for using your information to develop and improve AI at Meta.” #GDPR
The UK Data Protection and Digital Information Bill 🗑️ 🥳
Getting this rights-busting legislation binned off at this late stage is not just good timing.
It's down to civil society challenging the dangerous proposals in the Bill every step of the way.
The next government is put on notice.
Because I got asked twice today: No, privacy is not about not using technology at all.
Privacy is about using technology at your terms. It is about not being used by those who make technology.
— #privacy#PrivacyMatters#DataProtection#GDPR
Legitimate interests… I wonder if that will get tested.
But objection applying “going forward”. Surely one can object to how data “was” used as well? #GDPR
It’s so long, see you never 🤞 for this flawed legislation that would’ve removed controls over our data and handed power to UK government bodies and companies.
ORG and civil society organisations fought the Bill to ensure it wasn’t just nodded into law 🔥
The Romanian Ministry of Digitalization released a form that people can use to report malicious #deepfake materials. What counts as malicious? Fraud, propaganda, disinformation.
Last but not least, there is no transparency, nor feedback.
A user doesn't find out whether the content they reported was forwarded to the adequate VLOP. We don't even get to know how many reports the Ministry processed, who they forwarded the reports to and whether action was taken to remove the content.
The form asks citizens to provide an e-mail address, but doesn't mention why, doesn't indicate what it will be used for (hello, #GDPR).
ORG calls on the UK government to SCRAP the controversial #Data Protection and Digital Information Bill now that they've called a #GeneralElection for 4 July.
A Bill that batters our data rights shouldn't be rammed through last minute, bypassing the remaining stages of Parliamentary scrutiny.
In case you missed it: After #GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), after the #DMA (Digital Markets Act), after the #CRA (Cyber Resiliency Act), The EU continues to lead the way with the #AiAct. None of these regulations are perfect. Many will argue they are not even Good Enough(tm). And I agree in parts. But in general I applaud the #EU for not shying away from regulations that are (IMHO) needed. So I once again say #ThanksEU and now the hard work to make these regulation better starts :)
Seen in that light, it’s no surprise that Big Tech is refusing to comply with the rules. If the EU successfully forces tech to play fair, it will serve as a starting gun for a global race to the top, in which tech’s ill-gotten gains - of data, power and money - will be returned to the users and workers from whom that treasure came.
The architects of the DMA and DSA foresaw this, of course. They’ve announced investigations into Apple, Google and Meta, threatening fines of 10 percent of the companies’ global income, which will double to 20 percent if the companies don’t toe the line.
It’s not just Big Tech that’s playing for all the marbles - it’s also the systems of democratic control and accountability. If Apple can sabotage the DMA’s insistence on taking away its veto over its customers’ software choices, that will spill over into the US Department of Justice’s case over the same issue, as well as the cases in Japan and South Korea, and the pending enforcement action in the UK."
Today ORG joined Big Brother Watch, 38degrees, Organise and other groups to deliver a 270,000+ strong petition to 10 Downing Street.
We say NO to powers in the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill that’ll let the UK government spy on the bank accounts of ANY benefit claimant.
Nu har jag ett utkast till Stockholms Stads Dataskyddsombud om problematiken med verksamheter som nyttjar Facebook och Instagram som den främsta informationskällan om vad som händer i deras verksamheter.
Ni är välkomna att ge feedback innan 19e maj, då jag avser att skicka iväg den kort därefter.
"It’s not just Big Tech that’s playing for all the marbles - it’s also the systems of democratic control and accountability. If Apple can sabotage the DMA’s insistence on taking away its veto over its customers’ software choices, that will spill over into the US Department of Justice’s case over the same issue, as well as the cases in Japan and South Korea."