Digital Oblivion: To Be Or Not To Be?
photo © 2008 Mike Baird | more info (via: Wylio) Have you ever tried to search the web for information relating to yourself? If yes, how accurate were the results that showed up, say, in Google? And...
View ArticleEurope’s Last Stand Against Data Retention?
photo © 2008 Roman Pinzon-Soto | more info (via: Wylio) Do you remember Morpheus saying “Wake up Neo… The Matrix has you!”? Do you remember Agent Smith implanting an electronic tracking bug in Neo’s...
View ArticleAustria’s Data Protection Council On Data Retention – A Déjà Vu
Who remembers the cat scene in The Matrix? The scene depicted Neo, Morpheus & the other good guys convinced that they had already witnessed or experienced a certain situation. What do we usually...
View ArticleAnother One Bites The Dust: Czech Constitutional Court Shoots Data Retention...
photo © 2007 Jeff | more info (via: Wylio) The judicial development on data retention across Europe will not cease! Following the meanwhile numerous decisions in, just to mention some, Bulgaria,...
View ArticleYour iPhone Disrespects Your iPrivacy
photo © 2007 Terry Johnston | more info (via: Wylio) No, doubt iPhone is a hip communication tool with a great design. Who would not like to have one? But will you still want to have one if you knew...
View ArticleSony PSN: Clueless And Breaching
photo © 2008 włodi | more info (via: Wylio) Not that I wish to blog so often on data protection, but some technology giants would not give me a break. Last week I covered the (very likely) unlawful...
View ArticleHóigh, Facebook, How Deeply Do You Care About Data Protection?
Image: Hanover Quay – Dublin Docklands by informatique on Flickr Hanover Quay, Dublin 2. That is the address of Facebook’s European headquarter or, strictly legally, the business seat of the Facebook...
View ArticleHTC Joins Apple On The Road To Perdition
Image: 800px-HTC_Evo_4G by Anya1986 on Flickr Do you remember Apple’s disrespect of their customers’ privacy? It now turns out that the Taiwanese HTC ain’t any better in that respect. Privacy...
View ArticleData Retention: EU Commission Should Facilitate Its Revocation
Image: Data Center by s_w_ellis on Flickr About a week ago a secret communication of the European Union Commission leaked to Quintessenz – an Austrian data protection and privacy advocacy group. The...
View ArticleSome Good News On Data Retention
Image: Data Center Tech Museum San Jose California by mrkathika on Flickr Last week the Court of the European Union issued its long awaited ruling in the case of Bonnier Audio vs ePhone that represents...
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