University of Michigan: Is your bank keeping your secrets? New study says ‘It’s complicated’. “The researchers analyzed privacy policies from more than 2,000 of the nation’s largest banks and found a maze of contradictory, confusing, and overlapping disclosures about how customer information is collected, used, and shared. Nearly half of the banks examined published multiple privacy […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/12/university-of-michigan-is-your-bank-keeping-your-secrets-new-study-says-its-complicated/

Those “we’ve updated our privacy policy” notifications feel like a trap. And who has time to read every sentence in every one of them? And even if we do, most of us aren’t attorneys, making them nebulous anyway.

Thankfully, @Em0nM4stodon has your back with this guide on what to look for.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/09/03/red-and-green-privacy-flags/

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The case for open source software is clear. The software generated is more robust, has better features and keeps evolving unconstrained by budgetary concerns.

That is why open source software is the better choice when it comes to keeping your data private. Whilst the code of the privacy tool may be open, the data is secure - and everyone can verify that in the code. 🔒

#KeepDataPrivate #dataprivacy #FOSS #opensource #privacypolicies #privacyMatters