It’s not actually banned in the EU yet — the legislative process is much more complicated than that — but it’s a step: a total ban on biometric mass surveillance. To respect “privacy and human dignity,” MEPs said that EU lawmakers should pass a permanent ban on the automated recognition of individuals in public spaces, … Read More “The European Parliament Voted to Ban Remote Biometric Surveillance” »
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The EU is offering “bug bounties on Free Software projects that the EU institutions rely on.” Slashdot thread. Powered by WPeMatico
datacollection, eu, paypal, privacy, Security technology
One of the effects of GDPR — the new EU General Data Protection Regulation — is that we’re all going to be learning a lot more about who collects our data and what they do with it. Consider PayPal, that just released a list of over 600 companies they share customer data with. Here’s a … Read More “The 600+ Companies PayPal Shares Your Data With” »
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We all should be concerned about the privacy settings in Windows 10. And we should be glad that the EU has the regulatory authority to do something about it. Powered by WPeMatico