We have been clicking on cookie approval and rejection buttons for four years now. Unbelievable, but I’m getting used to it. Whereas many internet users regard the popup windows enforced by GDPR annoying, the result is that people have a way to gain improved privacy. Statistics collected by the European … Read >
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User profiling businesses operate in plain sight, but don’t obey the law
Today, everyone is aware that Facebook, Google and Twitter, among many other free digital services sell their users’ personal data to advertisers. Many savvy users are protecting their privacy with additional software plugins to prevent this automatic data collection. Behind the scenes, however, is the real action where data brokers, … Read >
Think twice before buying any of these gadgets if you want to protect your family’s privacy
In addition to phones, tablets, ereaders and computers that we are frequently using, new gadgets that are marketed as home appliances have been discovered to leak private data to corporate marketing databases. Internet software development organization Mozilla examined a range of new products that are being marketed for personal use … Read >
Life after GDPR: the impact on web sites
It is one month since the day when the regulation known as GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into effect in European Union. It affects everyone who wants to provide services or information to users who are accessing the internet in an EU country.
At the same time as the … Read >