Privacy & Personal Data
My hand-picked collection of articles and media covering crucial topics related to privacy and personal data protection.
Collection by Badih Saikali
EFF
Tell Congress to Ban Federal Use of Face Recognition
1 min · · Cities and states across the country have banned government use of face surveillance technology, and many more are weighing proposals to do so. These elected officials and activists have proven that… · Shared by 6
WIRED
Privacy Isn’t a Right You Can Click Away
2 min · · Senator Sherrod Brown wants to drastically scale back the permitted uses of your personal data—and ban facial recognition outright. · Shared by 119, including Backchannel, Matthias Lampe, MichelleRobbins, Yves Mulkers, Nicolas Babin, Andreas Von Gunten, Marc R Gagné MAPP
WIRED
Facebook Groups Are Destroying America
3 min · · They're built for privacy and community—and that's just what makes them dangerous. · Shared by 339, including Thomas Pleil, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Claudia Sommer, Michelle Garrett, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Klaus Eck, Neil Hart 💙, Liliane Ferrari ™, Matt Navarra, Neeraj K Agrawal, Laura E. Davis, Josep M. Ganyet, Mathew Ingram, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Chris Isak, Antonio Vieira Santos, Backchannel, Michael Seemann, Rick Powell
divinations.substack.com
healthOS
8 min · · Apple is building an operating system for health · Shared by 223, including Scott Williams, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Helmi, Michael (मुकेश), Dan Shipper 📧, Dave Kemp, Nathan Baschez 📧, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Katja Evertz, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛
en.pingwest.com
Exclusive: ByteDance Cuts Domestic Engineers' Data Access to TikTok, Other Overseas Products- PingWest
3 min · · ByteDance has been erecting technical firewalls between its China and global operations for more than a year, PingWest has learned, so that privacy and geopolitics-based concerns could be better… · Shared by 10, including Michael (मुकेश)
BBC News (World)
Google in $5bn lawsuit for tracking in 'private' mode
1 min · · The search engine giant says it is upfront about what data is collected when users browse incognito. · Shared by 16, including Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (offline, on parental leave), Marc R Gagné MAPP, Dean Anthony Gratton
lucidprivacy.io
CPRA AGAINST CCPA AND GDPR
2 min · · The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) is a new ballot initiative that is very likely to find itself in front of voters this November. If…
Le Monde
Coronavirus : « Sur l’application StopCovid, il convient de sortir des postures dogmatiques »
2 min · · TRIBUNE. Chercheurs à l’Inria et travaillant sur l’application StopCovid, Claude Castelluccia et Daniel Le Métayer mettent en garde, dans une tribune au « Monde », contre les oppositions de principe,… · Shared by 5
WIRED
The FBI Backs Down Against Apple—Again
2 min · · The agency cracked the Pensacola iPhones, but it still views Cupertino as a problem—even though it's easier to break into iPhones than it has been in years. · Shared by 11, including Backchannel
lorientlejour.com
Conflits d’intérêts : il est plus que jamais temps d’agir !
4 min · · Alors que le Liban fait face depuis des mois à une crise économique, sociale et désormais sanitaire, d’une ampleur écrasante, le gouvernement libanais doit aussi composer, dans l’adoption de...
The New York Times
TikTok Broke Privacy Promises, Children’s Groups Say
3 min · · Twenty consumer groups said the video app had failed to make some changes it agreed to carry out last year to settle federal charges. · Shared by 17, including Antonio Vieira Santos
reseau.supdpo.fr
Déconfinement : le RGPD n’est pas une arme mal maîtrisée mais un gilet pare-balles
4 min · · Ce texte s'inscrit en réponse à celui, intitulé « Déconfinement : “Nous nous sommes encore tiré une balle dans le pied avec le RGPD” », publié dans les colonnes du journal Le Monde le vendredi 24…
Reuters
Germany flips on smartphone contact tracing, backs Apple and Google
3 min · · Germany changed course on Sunday over which type of smartphone technology it wanted to use to trace coronavirus infections, backing an approach supported by Apple and Google along with a growing number of other European countries. · Shared by 22, including Eric Seufert, Elena Neira
BBC News (World)
Privacy halts Israel's quarantine phone tracking
1 min · · An Israeli parliamentary committee suspends the tracking of phones to enforce quarantine.
BBC News (World)
Apple and France in stand-off over coronavirus app
3 min · · France wants to run a contact-tracing app in the background on iPhones, without Apple's privacy scheme. · Shared by 8