Data transfer and digital trade destined to stay perplexing
Net Results: Devil will be in the detail of any seeming accords on information exchange
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Ciara O’Brien: The social media platform wields a lot of power over our lives than we care to think about
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Opponents accuse populist leader of trying to distract from ‘Pegasus’ surveillance scandal
Israeli spyware maker in spotlight amid reports of wide abuses
NSO denies its software has been used to target journalists and dissidents across world
Karlin Lillington: Hard to see how EU-US data-exchange deal can be reliable data bridge
Net Results: US security laws lax on surveillance and data gathering
WhatsApp’s decision to change its privacy policy causes unease among users
Decision prompts many to consider a switch to alternative service providers
The depressing role of technology in the Trump years must be fixed
The Biden administration must grasp the nettle of malign misuse of tech
‘I’m the meme queen’: A QAnon digital soldier marches on
Valerie Gilbert posts dozens of times a day in support of an unhinged conspiracy theory
Facebook’s three-cup trick with WhatsApp data move
Regulators should block integration of Facebook’s three platforms pending decision on antitrust action
Trump pardons ex-campaign aide and former Republican lawmakers
Outgoing US president’s use of pardon power has attracted considerable controversy
Don’t use Google, don’t use work email, don’t hit ‘accept all’: how to fight for your privacy
In Privacy Is Power, professor Carissa Véliz has made a shocking survey of how much intimate data we are surrendering. But she has a plan to fight back
Facebook seeks judicial review of data watchdog’s data transfer decision
Data Protection Commission said Facebook may need to halt US data transfers
Trump says he will pardon women’s rights activist Susan B Anthony
US president announces move to absolve reformer arrested and fined in 1872
EU needs to start enforcing data protection laws properly
Schrems ruling: Subset of smaller groups in adtech industry may also be affected
Schrems II: there's no way to transfer data to US and comply with EU law
Karlin Lillington: ECJ ruling has essentially invalidated business model of digital giants
The Irish Times view on data protection: privacy as a personal right
The European Court of Justice has again taken a stand against global businesses built on surveillance capitalism
EU court rejects data transfer tool in Max Schrems case
Privacy agreement doesn’t offer sufficient protection to EU citizens’ data, court finds
Blockbuster Schrems decision to impact nearly every business
Court in effect ruled that personal data is not, as US companies generally view it, an asset
Transatlantic data transfers once again in the dock
Karlin Lillington: ECJ highly unlikely to accept US claim of adequate protection of data
Privacy web cam covers: Formalise the bit of tape covering your cameras
Tech tools: Cover the phone camera you carry everywhere with you
Mobile data used by European authorities to monitor Covid-19 spread
Data from operators increasingly solicited in government efforts to contain the pathogen
Brazil prosecutors charge journalist Glenn Greenwald with hacking
Greenwald accused of helping obtain messages between top officials in corruption case
Privacy and data in 2019: We deserve better than surveillance capitalism
Karlin Lillington: Tech companies now face greater legal and regulatory opposition
Non-binding opinion on Schrems case elegant and practical
Analysis: Companies on either side of Atlantic will find little comfort in ECJ opinion
ECJ says EU rules on data transfers to US ‘valid’ in Max Schrems case
Court raises concern that US law could affect right of tech firms to move data from EU
Facebook clash with Max Schrems could bring extra consequences after Brexit
Adviser to EU Court of Justice due to issue opinion on Thursday
Big tech’s bargain: if you want to be online, then give up your rights
World View: Tech giants are creating new forms of power and ways of altering behaviour
Shock at scale of RTÉ cutbacks despite years of financial woe
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Web Summit’s ‘ungovernable zaniness’ sets it apart
Another profitable Web Summit, but is this success sustainable long term?
Web Summit four-day tech jamboree kicks off in Lisbon
The big draws this year include Edward Snowden, Eric Cantona and Michel Barnier
DAA’s bid for McEvaddy land, Aramco IPO, and Web Summit gets underway
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Edward Snowden reveals how your phone keeps tabs on you
The whistleblower tells podcaster Joe Rogan how mass surveillance works
Paddy Cosgrave suggests ‘independent censor’ to regulate social media
Web Summit founder speaking in Dublin ahead of next month’s event in Lisbon
He Xiangdong: ‘We hope Ireland will be a bridge between China and the EU’
The Chinese ambassador on Uighur ‘camps’, Huawei, Trump’s trade war and buying Irish beef
Are tech giants finally listening to customers’ privacy concerns?
Protecting data is the big focus as Google, Apple and Facebook try to regain trust
Trump’s smears ‘designed to silence whistleblowers’
President under pressure over efforts to get dirt on Democratic rival Joe Biden
US justice department sues Edward Snowden over new book
Whistleblower accused of violating non-disclosure agreements through publication
Bolsonaro threatens US journalist with jail over ‘Car Wash’ leaks
Glenn Greenwald cannot be expelled legally from Brazil, president admits
EU’s highest court asked to invalidate main Facebook data channel
Transatlantic channel allows US to spy on EU citizens Data Protection Commission alleges
Irish watchdog’s case against Facebook to be heard in Europe’s highest court
Data Protection Commissioner action could have major impact on firm’s business model
The sad decline of the sensible company name
Pilita Clark: Many modern businesses offer baffled outsiders no clues about what it is they actually do
From Mata Hari to Edward Snowden – a history of espionage
Washington’s International Spy Museum reveals much about how data is weaponised
How Facebook could target ads in the age of encryption
Metadata may be the social media giant’s ace in the hole for maintaining ad revenue
Huawei ban could stall progression to 5G by several years
Security fears around spy technology hit Chinese network infrastructure maker
Why Huawei is too great a security gamble for 5G networks
Huawei would have no choice but to comply if China asked firm to help it spy on West
The penny has finally dropped about the intrusions of big tech
Net Results: The public is wising up to data gathering abuses, but that’s just the start
Monetising your personal data is loaded with peril
Internet users can take back control of their data while swapping it for cash or services
Inside the dark web: ‘The truth is there is a lot of evil out there’
Conor Pope on the Irish people fighting crime on the internet, and how to protect yourself
Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad wins Nobel Peace Prize
Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege jointly awarded prize by Nobel committee
UK surveillance safeguards inadequate, says rights court
European Court of Human Rights rules on bulk interception and service provider data
Why do we continue to put our trust in Facebook and Google?
Bad week for internet overlords marked by undercover exposé and €4.3bn fine
Schrems says ‘insanely high’ Irish legal fees threaten cases against online firms
Austrian campaigner says firms can ‘bankrupt’ data regulator through appeals
Cultural change on privacy needed if GDPR is to work, says Max Schrems
Karlin Lillington: Activist urges digital giants to facilitate online users’ right to privacy
On May 25th GDPR comes into force for Europe’s 500m citizens
The General Data Protection Regulation is a 99-chapter piece of legislation that returns to people control of their personal data
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