I was quoted in the Financial Times on the issue of mass surveillance. You can read the full article here. “Privacy advocates aim to spot potential transgressions. “If tracking of individual movement is on the table, then that is unlikely to be in line with existing privacy laws, even in a crisis,” says Bill Wirtz, […]
“Corona apps” are coming to Europe, to help governments in “trace and track” efforts to manage their coronavirus response. Tracking apps were already widespread in some Asian countries before the now but privacy rights have largely discouraged their adoption in the West. Even in the face of a global pandemic, we shouldn’t rush to discard […]
Click below to watch the full second edition of the Apocalypse Weekly live stream I’m doing with Rob Duffy and Kevin Flanagan.
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, a gouf de 4. Abrëll iwwerdroen. Am Kampf géint de Coronavirus versiche Staaten op der ganzer Welt fir mat Handy-Donné’en méi Informatiounen ze sammelen. An der Europäescher Unioun gi verschidde Modeller getest, déi schnell zum Asaz kéinte kommen, mee déi och Froen iwwer d’Privatsphär opwerfen. Wéi […]
I will be speaking at the Students For Liberty Turkey annual conference in Ankara on Saturday this week. If you’re in or around the area, please join us for this amazing event! More info here: https://www.esflconferences.org/event/turkey/
Les télécommunications n’ont jamais été autant politisées qu’aujourd’hui. Alors que la Commission européenne présente des propositions pour une approche européenne coordonnée de la sécurité des réseaux 5G il est important de souligner que, dans le bastion européen de la protection des données, la technologie 5G repose sur la technologie d’un pays où la protection des […]
Click down below to see my latest video on EU Updates. How about that GDPR?
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, an ass de 26. November ausgestraalt ginn. D’sozial Netwierk Facebook geet an der Affär ëm d’Cambridge Analytica Affär géint eng Amende aus Groussbritannien an Appel. Och an der Europäescher Unioun gëtt ëmmer nees un héich Amenden erënnert, fir déi amerikanesch Entreprise un hir Obligatiounen ze erënneren.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently appeared in a hearing in the European Parliament. EU legislators wanted to re-create a similar situation than the hearing conducted in the U.S Congress. Once again, Zuckerberg found himself at a public trial, being used for the self-aggrandisement of politicians. Why does nobody appreciate the value created by Silicon Valley […]
Have you returned to the office from your holiday weekend to find your email inbox flooded with privacy policy updates from every company you’ve ever crossed paths with? Well, you can thank an avalanche of new rules from the European Union for that. But the harms imposed by the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation […]
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