European tech companies should demand stronger regulation, especially on privacy!

Why? Because it would give them an advantage over their US-based competitors, who are neither willing nor able to operate under strict rules.

That's why the European Commission's Digital Omnibus package is such a bad idea. Weak regulation doesn't create a level playing field for all. It benefits the big and powerful players more than anyone else!
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#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #DigitalOmnibus

European tech companies should demand stronger regulation, especially on privacy!

Why? Because it would give them an advantage over their US-based competitors, who are neither willing nor able to operate under strict rules.

That's why the European Commission's Digital Omnibus package is such a bad idea. Weak regulation doesn't create a level playing field for all. It benefits the big and powerful players more than anyone else!
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#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #DigitalOmnibus

ORG warned that Henry VIII powers in the UK Data Bill could threaten electoral integrity.

Civil society and experts joined us to call for changes so a government couldn't change how political parties use our data without passing a new law.

Read more ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/democracy-groups-warn-of-threat-henry-viii-powers-pose-to-future-election-integrity/

#ORG2025 #digitalrights #dataprotection #gdpr #privacy #ico #DataAct #ukpolitics #ukpol

ORG warned that Henry VIII powers in the UK Data Bill could threaten electoral integrity.

Civil society and experts joined us to call for changes so a government couldn't change how political parties use our data without passing a new law.

Read more ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/democracy-groups-warn-of-threat-henry-viii-powers-pose-to-future-election-integrity/

#ORG2025 #digitalrights #dataprotection #gdpr #privacy #ico #DataAct #ukpolitics #ukpol

2025: The year of the UK's new Data Act 🫠

ORG battled to protect our right to human review over automated decisions, to block Big Tech influence, increase accountability of the data watchdog and strengthen electoral integrity.

Find out more ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/dangerous-data-bill-affects-us-all-not-just-creative-industries/

#ORG2025 #digitalrights #dataprotection #gdpr #privacy #ico #DataAct #ukpolitics #ukpol

Data profiling by political parties can put your privacy at risk and threaten electoral integrity.

But data protection hands power back to voters ✊

ORG has developed a tool for you to opt-out of data processing by the different UK political parties.

Take action ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/opt-out-political-parties-processing-your-data-0

#ORG2025 #digitalrights #dataprotection #gdpr #election #ukpolitics #ukpol

Data profiling by political parties can put your privacy at risk and threaten electoral integrity.

But data protection hands power back to voters ✊

ORG has developed a tool for you to opt-out of data processing by the different UK political parties.

Take action ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/opt-out-political-parties-processing-your-data-0

#ORG2025 #digitalrights #dataprotection #gdpr #election #ukpolitics #ukpol

Your vote isn't won. It's predicted.

UK political parties collect and use data to profile you as a voter, tailoring their message accordingly.

Our investigation found that canvassing apps used by the Parties create risks to voters’ privacy.

Read more ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-voter-data-privacy-concerns-over-apps-used-by-political-parties/

#ORG2025 #digitalrights #dataprotection #gdpr #election #ukpolitics #ukpol

ORG revealed that canvassing apps used by UK political parties threaten voter privacy 🗳️

They use commercially owned infrastructure that are rife with security vulnerabilities.

We lose in a data arms race that's driving electioneering.

Find out more ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/data-and-democracy-project/

#ORG2025 #digitalrights #dataprotection #gdpr #election #ukpolitics #ukpol

Zuletzt beendetes Buch: "Enshitification" von #CoryDoctorow @pluralistic , dessen #Audiobook Produktion ich im Crowdfunding #Kickstarter unterstützt hatte. Wie immer: Eminent lesenswert und hörenswert! Mit praktischen Tipps was wir dagegen machen können 🌻💚 #enshitification #righttorepair #Europe #DSA #GDPR

Zuletzt beendetes Buch: "Enshitification" von #CoryDoctorow @pluralistic , dessen #Audiobook Produktion ich im Crowdfunding #Kickstarter unterstützt hatte. Wie immer: Eminent lesenswert und hörenswert! Mit praktischen Tipps was wir dagegen machen können 🌻💚 #enshitification #righttorepair #Europe #DSA #GDPR

“Checking privacy settings is important” is the modern version of victim blaming.

#Privacy #ElectronicPrivacy #GDPR

“Checking privacy settings is important” is the modern version of victim blaming.

#Privacy #ElectronicPrivacy #GDPR

💬Readers added context they thought people might want to know…

“Europe is hurtling toward digital vassalage. Under Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, EU laws to tackle tech giants have been either not applied or delayed, for fear of offending Donald Trump. Now leaked documents reveal that the European Commission plans to gut a central part of Europe’s digital rulebook. This will hurt Europe’s innovators and hand the future of Europe’s tech sovereignty to US firms.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/12/eu-gdpr-data-law-us-tech-giants-digital

#EU #privacy #GDPR #BigTech #hoHoHo https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115762325563043978

📢 We ( @noybeu) are right now looking for #GDPR and #litigation lawyers, #Ruby / #RubyOnRails Developers and #IT #ProjectManagers.
Check out our job postings at https://noyb.eu/en/jobs

#hiring #job #jobs

⛄🕯️ Despite the events of recent weeks surrounding the #GDPR (*cough* #Omnibus), the noyb team wishes you happy holidays and a peaceful end to the year! ❄️🎄
#HappyHolidays