Category: Digital Rights and Privacy
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European Supreme Court overruled Safe Harbour Regulations to protect our privacy
On the 6th of October 2015, the Supreme Court of Justice in Europe took a remarkable judgement (C-362/14). Concerned people have without a doubt heard about the Patriot Act in United States. It enables the US government to snoop all data and request data from any company which has its seat in the United States, which effectively…
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WikiMedia files suit against the NSA and the US Department of Justice over upstream mass surveillance.
The WikiMedia Foundation, also known from Wikipedia, have formed a coalition with eight other organizations to sue the National Security Agency and the Department of Justice for the mass upstream surveillance programs. This coalition is represented by the American Civil Liberties Union. A full complaint can be found here. “We’re filing suit today on behalf…
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Your privacy on Facebook and why you should protect it.
January 1 2015 marks the date on which Facebook will implement its new Privacy Policy. Though personally I wonder why it is yet called a ‘Privacy’ policy. If you value privacy as much as I do, keep on reading. Why should we care about privacy? Our privacy is now at risk, much more than it…
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