Privacy-intrusive default settings, misleading wording, and design that obscures privacy-friendly options are just a few of the tactics employed by many websites to manipulate users into giving consent.
Quitting ain’t easy and I suppose it says something about me that it wasn’t the data tracking, the endless scandals, the cavalier approach to laws, fundamental rights and disregard for users’ dignity, that tipped me over the edge, but basic …
The EU General Data Protection Regulation has given a new impetus to codes of conduct. But what are the big benefits of codes over certification? How will they work, and who is most in need of them?
Even the UK’s own ICO isn’t so sure. On Oct. 23, Margot James, the U.K.’s digital minister, finally admitted to a House of Commons select committee that she could not categorically guarantee an EU adequacy agreement.
Jennifer Baker is on the sofa to talk about Mark Zuckerberg’s failure to show up to a UK parliamentary hearing on Facebook.
This week Russia has stepped up its war on anonymity, while in the EU, more and more countries are opting for mandatory registration of pre-paid SIM cards and it seems only a matter of time before EU-level laws are proposed.
Facebook’s ham-fisted attempts to address the most pressing concerns around disinformation have fallen flat. Its transparency rules forcing political advertisers in the UK to publicly declare when they had paid for an advert are a fiasco!
“We have to look dangerous.” So said European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager when she sat down to talk the future of data and competition with The Privacy Advisor’s Jennifer Baker at Globsec 2018.
The more properly entitled the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, signed by 20 states on Oct.10, has been given an overhaul to bring it into line with the General Data Protection Regulation.
Back to discussion at #EUcompdigit with panel3 on data. @BrusselsGeek Jennifer Baker gets business perspective with @Allianz CEO O. Bäte and former Vodafone CEO @vitt61 V. Colao Follow live: https://t.co/0yuEtI8Cmd
@vitt61 at #EUcompdigit: "#Data has collapsed the boundaries of business. The #market is in the #consumer's #mind"
Olivier Bäte from @Allianz at #EUcompdigit: "Policy makers should make an informed decision on what is the #priceless of #data. The #GDPR was the right idea but consumers feel bullied into consenting to the processing of #personaldata to use a service" @EU_Competition
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