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We constantly share information and leave traces of ourselves online. And while the benefits are unquestionable, so too are the risks. Here's what Liberties is doing to improve the protection of our privacy.
Rotterdam staff of the Dutch Council for Refugees, mostly volunteers, have access to very sensitive personal data of hundreds of refugees, whom they do not personally mentor. This includes not only information like...
The Article 29 Working Party, encompassing privacy watchdogs of all EU member states, issued guidance on the inspection of social media profiles of job applicants. "Employers should not assume that merely because an...
Marco Cappato, an Italian activist for the freedom of scientific research and the introduction of euthanasia, will go on trial for bringing Dj Fabo, blind and tetraplegic, to Switzerland, to undergo a medical-assisted...
In a newly launched probe, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office is investigating claims that Facebook forces users to agree to its privacy policies or risk being cut out from their connections. This may be the first major...
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Freedom of speech is necessary to hold governments to account, but it is under threat in Europe. Here’s why this right is so important, and what Liberties is doing to protect it.
In the Netherlands, we want to be able to park anonymously. We do not want registration of our license plate numbers and be forced to pay with our bank card.
The Tsar Team hacking group recently stole hundreds of patients’ personal data from a plastic surgery clinic in Lithuania: names, surnames, personal identity codes, pre-op and intimate photos. When no ransom was...
Google is to stop scanning emails, a practice that allows it to show targeted advertising, but which has stirred privacy worries. The scanning has only been used on users of the free version of Gmail. However,...
In a text adopted at a summit in Brussels on Thursday, June 22, EU leaders opened the door to cracking encryption of digital services like Whatsapp as a counter-terrorism measure. The text, which was amended at the...
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