EU highest court defending the right to online privacy

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labbe5
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EU highest court defending the right to online privacy

#1 Post by labbe5 »

EU highest court, as a defender of privacy against american business interests and US government violation of a basic right, has tested the limit of data mining.

All it took was one Austrian guy taking a court action against Facebook in Dublin for violation of his basic right, namely the right to privacy.

Activism is not dead, at least in EU countries, the birthplace of human rights. I can't help thinking this same guy would have face jail time in US for opposing his government and american business interests, and would be stigmatised as unpatriotic.

More here :
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/1 ... -455063009

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Burn_IT
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#2 Post by Burn_IT »

Quite right too.

I have threatened Facebook as well for being naughty.
I do NOT and never will have a Facebook account, but when I found many of my personal details available on Facebook I was cross to say the least.
I found out when a good friend asked me why I had told the world about something that was supposed to be private.
"Just think of it as leaving early to avoid the rush" - T Pratchett

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#3 Post by solo »

Forget about it.

You know these guys?!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigitalEurope

Digital Europe.

That is the biggest european tech lobby right there, and they will quietly but thoroughly grease some gears and cogs in Brussels over so that this 'mistake' will be corrected.

We lost this fight before we even realized we were in one.

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#4 Post by Burn_IT »

They did actually remove the information they had on me.
I must check again some time to see if it is still missing.
"Just think of it as leaving early to avoid the rush" - T Pratchett

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#5 Post by Scooby »

Thank for bringing this to my attention.

I made a donation to Schrems

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