A woman's private conversations on a therapy app have been exposed in court and used against her, prompting concerns about how the digitization of mental healthcare can cause risks to privacy and more:
https://www.proofnews.org/womans-talkspace-therapy-app-sessions-exposed-in-court/
Woman’s Talkspace Therapy App Sessions Exposed in Court
Talkspace has amassed “one of the largest mental health data banks in the world,” according to reports to investors, containing 140 million message exchanges.
So what if your "free" email provider sends a bunch of spam and ads to your inbox? You can just delete them, right? It's not that simple. Your email provider sold your personal data so that someone could target you. Also, email ads are FULL of trackers, spyware, and other ways to monitor you.
Starting on August 1st, the chair of the Dutch data protection authority AP will be a corporate lawyer who has worked to defend social media giants like Meta and TikTok:
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/05/big-tech-lawyer-to-chair-dutch-privacy-watchdog-ap/
Big tech lawyer to chair Dutch privacy watchdog AP - DutchNews.nl
Geert Potjewijd, a corporate lawyer who spent decades defending big tech companies like Meta and TikTok against privacy claims, will become chair of the Dutch data protection authority AP from August 1. The AP is the independent regulator that checks whether companies and government bodies handle people’s personal data properly, and since 2023 it has also been the Netherlands’ supervisor for algorithms and artificial intelligence. The cabinet approved the appointment on the recommendation of Claudia van Bruggen, the justice and...
The U.S. FCC is proposing a new "Know Your Customer" rule that would require telecom companies to obtain a government ID before activating a customer's account:
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-421309A1.pdfWhy trust us with your email and your data? It's an extremely valid question. First, we're one of the first fully private email services, and have been in business for over a decade. More importantly, we were made to serve YOU, not shareholders or advertisers.
OpenAI is being hit with a class action privacy lawsuit after allegedly disclosing "users’ chat topics, identifiers, and contact details to Meta and Google without consent."
https://cybersecuritynews.com/openai-chatgpt-privacy-lawsuit/When our subscribers are our sole source of revenue, our only priority is keeping you safe and satisfied. We don't have VC backers or shareholders to please, no quarterly projections to meet at all costs. This is why our customers stick around!
Google has designed its latest reCAPTCHA system so that anyone using a de-Googled Android device will automatically fail:
https://reclaimthenet.org/google-broke-recaptcha-for-de-googled-android-usersSo why are we so obsessed with users' privacy? Our right to privacy is a lynch pin to protecting so many more of our human rights. You can't have freedom of thought or expression if you don't get to choose which aspects of your life stay private.
