In the 1970s and 1980s, in-house researchers at Exxon began to understand how crude oil and its derivatives were leading to environmental devestation. They were among the first to comprehensively connect the use of their company’s core products to the warming of the Earth, and they predicted some of the harms which would result. But […]
@baldur “I have become increasingly convinced the best legal solution is one which creates a framework limiting the scope of data collection, restricting it to only that which is necessary to perform user-selected tasks, and preventing mass retention of bulk data.”
Almost like we need a General Data Minimisation Regulation or something… 🤔
As presented at the EU parliament:
https://ar.al/2019/11/29/the-future-of-internet-regulation-at-the-european-parliament/
GDMR: The regulation EU citizens deserve. No, you didn’t misread it and, no, it’s not a typo. GDMR – the General Data Minimisation Regulation – can end surveillance capitalism in the EU. The problem is that no such regulation exists. So, let’s change that, starting now. To be effective, GDMR must be succinct and precise. The essence of it can be expressed in a single article with two paragraphs:
Baldur Bjarnason
Aral Balkan