Blogging for the 5th of July Foundation on Security, Privacy and Liberty
European Court of Justice on saving dynamic IP-addresses.
Tagesschau.de: EuGH zur Erfassung von IP-Adressen – Speichern nur mit berechtigtem Interesse »
What this boils down to is if the government is allowed to store information about people visiting its websites. The ECJ ruling seems to send mixed signals.
Update: Falkvinge – Supreme Court rules that IP address allocation is personal data, but to what use? »
Thanks to the Snowden revelations, it was proven that Canada was conducting mass surveillance activities within the so-called “Five Eyes” arrangement. If brought to court, as the Austrian student Max Schrems did with the EU-US agreement on transfer of personal data (the “Safe Harbor agreement”), the adequacy status given by the EU could be overturned. However, if CETA is ratified, the EU would be prohibited from protecting personal data in this way.
EDRi: CETA puts the protection of our privacy and personal data at risk »
The UK’s public prosecutor has demanded that social media users who post “humiliating” photoshopped images and memes should face jail, as well as those who incite “virtual mobs” because they are “opposed to that person’s opinions”.
Breitbart: Trolls Who Post ‘Humiliating’ Memes Could Be Jailed under UK Guidelines »
Facebook is a multi-billion dollar company that has one commodity – you!
EDRi – Big Brother Awards Belgium: Facebook is the privacy villain of the year »