Mastodawn

FYI: EU court's top adviser says data watchdogs must honor GDPR access requests: An EU Advocate General says data protection authorities qualify as data controllers under GDPR and cannot block subject access requests under national law. https://ppc.land/eu-courts-top-adviser-says-data-watchdogs-must-honor-gdpr-access-requests/ #GDPR #DataProtection #PrivacyRights #DataAccess #EURegulations

EU court's top adviser says data watchdogs must honor GDPR access requests

An EU Advocate General says data protection authorities qualify as data controllers under GDPR and cannot block subject access requests under national law.

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Debby ‬⁂📎🐧

2d ago

RE: https://fediscience.org/@oatp/116438875358622213

"Maximal transparency is almost certainly not ethically desirable."

Desirable 'for whom'?

For platforms facing regulatory scrutiny, opacity is a feature. For users discriminated against by biased recommendation engines, transparency is survival. For communities targeted by algorithmic manipulation, openness is a civil liberty.

This paper usefully breaks transparency into dimensions and degrees—providing the "choice points" for an ethics of algorithmic openness. But let us be clear: the stakeholders who need transparency most are rarely the ones invited to design these systems.

Our job as advocates for privacy, free software, and civil liberties is not to settle for the "ethically optimal" comfort zone of the powerful. It is to push the needle toward the maximum and let the burden of justification fall on those who demand secrecy.

Let us use it to demand more.

#DigitalJustice #AlgorithmicBias #PrivacyRights #OpenScience #AlgorithmicGovernance #DigitalDemocracy #InfoSec #TechPolicy

PPC Land 3d ago

FYI: EFF files deceptive trade complaint against Google over ICE data handover: The EFF filed complaints with California and New York AGs on April 14, 2026, accusing Google of handing a student's data to ICE without prior notice, breaking a decade-long promise. https://ppc.land/eff-files-deceptive-trade-complaint-against-google-over-ice-data-handover/ #EFF #Google #PrivacyRights #DataProtection #CivilLiberties

EFF files deceptive trade complaint against Google over ICE data handover

The EFF filed complaints with California and New York AGs on April 14, 2026, accusing Google of handing a student's data to ICE without prior notice, breaking a decade-long promise.

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PPC Land 3d ago

ICYMI: EU court's top adviser says data watchdogs must honor GDPR access requests: An EU Advocate General says data protection authorities qualify as data controllers under GDPR and cannot block subject access requests under national law. https://ppc.land/eu-courts-top-adviser-says-data-watchdogs-must-honor-gdpr-access-requests/ #GDPR #DataProtection #PrivacyRights #DataPrivacy #EULaw

EU court's top adviser says data watchdogs must honor GDPR access requests

An EU Advocate General says data protection authorities qualify as data controllers under GDPR and cannot block subject access requests under national law.

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Jade 4d ago

The UK government has put out a consultation asking about

Social media age restrictions
Age verification technology
Restricting dark patterns like autoplay
Phones in schools
"Digital age of consent"

This is our chance to make our voices heard and influence legislation & guidance. Fill it out, and share it with your friends!

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation

#OnlineSafetyAct #uk #ukPol #privacy #privacyRights #ChatControl #surveilance #socialMedia #adTech

Growing up in the online world: a national consultation

We are consulting on further measures to prepare children for the future in an age of rapid technological change. This includes potential age restrictions on social media and other services such as gaming sites and AI chatbots, restrictions on addictive design features and risky functionalities, and better support for parents and families.

GOV.UK

PPC Land 4d ago

EU court's top adviser says data watchdogs must honor GDPR access requests: An EU Advocate General says data protection authorities qualify as data controllers under GDPR and cannot block subject access requests under national law. https://ppc.land/eu-courts-top-adviser-says-data-watchdogs-must-honor-gdpr-access-requests/ #GDPR #DataProtection #PrivacyRights #DataAccess #EURegulations

EU court's top adviser says data watchdogs must honor GDPR access requests

An EU Advocate General says data protection authorities qualify as data controllers under GDPR and cannot block subject access requests under national law.

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Hacker News 5d ago

Keep Pushing: We Get 10 More Days to Reform Section 702

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/keep-pushing-we-get-10-more-days-reform-section-702

#HackerNews #KeepPushing #ReformSection702 #PrivacyRights #DigitalFreedom #Advocacy

Keep Pushing: We Get 10 More Days to Reform Section 702

In a dramatic middle-of-the-night stand off, a bipartisan set of lawmakers pushing for true reform and privacy protections for Americans bought us some more time to fight! They are holding out for, at a minimum, the requirement of an actual probable cause warrant for FBI access to information...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Axomamma, Antifa from birth Apr 17

#PrivacyRights #VPN #SearchWarrants #NSA

https://www.wired.com/story/using-a-vpn-may-subject-you-to-nsa-spying/

Using a VPN May Subject You to NSA Spying

US lawmakers are pressing Tulsi Gabbard to reveal whether using a VPN can strip Americans of their constitutional protections against warrantless surveillance.

WIRED

SquaredTech Apr 15

Shocking news! Meta Facial Recognition Glasses potentially empowers stalkers with silent ID recognition. Over 70 groups are demanding Meta to immediately discontinue the 'Name Tag' feature. We must protect our privacy! Share if you stand for #PrivacyRights. #StopMeta #NoToFacialRecognition
https://www.squaredtech.co/meta-facial-recognition-glasses?fsp_sid=7584

PPC Land Apr 15

FYI: Ace Hardware sued for tracking users who opted out of cookies: Three plaintiffs allege Ace Hardware's cookie banner was fake - Google Analytics and Bazaarvoice kept firing even after opt-out, violating federal wiretap law. https://ppc.land/ace-hardware-sued-for-tracking-users-who-opted-out-of-cookies/ #AceHardware #PrivacyRights #DataProtection #UserTracking #Cookies

Ace Hardware sued for tracking users who opted out of cookies

Three plaintiffs allege Ace Hardware's cookie banner was fake - Google Analytics and Bazaarvoice kept firing even after opt-out, violating federal wiretap law.

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