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In December 2025, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union released its decision in the case of Russmedia.
It focusses on the data protection obligations of the operator of an online marketplace, in terms of the personal data contained in ads placed by its users.
I've finally found time to finish writing about it.
I am not playing the “this is the end of the web as we know it” card, but it certainly seems to impose some challenging requirements with potentially significant, far-reaching, consequences.
Alex, the Hearth Fire
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Trainline app is being creepy and gross!!!!! Now to search at all you MUST enter the ages of all passengers.
UK GDPR says data collected must be relevant and necessary: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/data-protection-principles/a-guide-to-the-data-protection-principles/
Their feedback form is here: https://support.thetrainline.com/en/support/solutions/articles/78000000805-complaints
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Trainline app is being creepy and gross!!!!! Now to search at all you MUST enter the ages of all passengers.
UK GDPR says data collected must be relevant and necessary: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/data-protection-principles/a-guide-to-the-data-protection-principles/
Their feedback form is here: https://support.thetrainline.com/en/support/solutions/articles/78000000805-complaints
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hannah aubry
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🚀 I just published my
"LINUX & FOSS Starter Pack for everyone"
I’ve curated over 111 accounts focusing on European Digital Sovereignty. It includes distros, software, and services produced or maintained right here in Europe.
I hope this helps someone in their open source journey! 🐧
If I missed any great EU-based FOSS accounts or services, please let me know in the replies!
"LINUX & FOSS Starter Pack for everyone" 👇️️
https://fedidevs.com/s/OTA2/
#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #Europe #DigitalSovereignty #StarterPack #EuropeanDigitalSovereignty #EUdistros #EUsoftware #EUservices #Fediverse #Privacy #SelfHosted
#DigitalPrivacy #Decentralize #GDPR
#OpenWeb #LinuxCommunity #FreeSoftware #Tech #DataProtection #OpenSourceEU #TechEU
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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@alvan@social.lol
#Firefox doesn't "balance a little marketing": in the screenshot provided by @firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social you can see at least two #DarkPatterns at work:
And note that this has nothing to do with your personal preferences or people reading changelogs: as others have pointed out, if Firefox is so eagger to let people know about the new AI features, the could just showcase them just after update, providing a non misleading button to enabled each of them, like many other software do: https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/Guided-tour
As it stands, and given the alternatives, Mozilla #UX is overly malicious and I guess it would not pass any serious #GDPR compliance check.
Indeed I still wait for an answer to these questions: https://snac.tesio.it/giacomo/p/1770122154.401646
I guess it's because those model are updated frequently from #BigTech's servers around the world and Mozilla doesn't want people to realize how often their online status is revealed to such corporations through update checks by their " #privacy friendly" Firefox AI.
@alextecplayz@techhub.social
#Firefox doesn't "balance a little marketing": in the screenshot provided by @firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social you can see at least two #DarkPatterns at work:
- a popup-wide button
- no mention of #AI whatsoever: "Suggest more of my tabs" is a very misleading label for "opt-in into AI controlled tabs from now on"!
And note that this has nothing to do with your personal preferences or people reading changelogs: as others have pointed out, if Firefox is so eagger to let people know about the new AI features, the could just showcase them just after update, providing a non misleading button to enabled each of them, like many other software do: https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/Guided-tour
As it stands, and given the alternatives, Mozilla #UX is overly malicious and I guess it would not pass any serious #GDPR compliance check.
Indeed I still wait for an answer to these questions: https://snac.tesio.it/giacomo/p/1770122154.401646
I guess it's because those model are updated frequently from #BigTech's servers around the world and Mozilla doesn't want people to realize how often their online status is revealed to such corporations through update checks by their " #privacy friendly" Firefox AI.
@alextecplayz@techhub.social
🚀 I just published my
"LINUX & FOSS Starter Pack for everyone"
I’ve curated over 111 accounts focusing on European Digital Sovereignty. It includes distros, software, and services produced or maintained right here in Europe.
I hope this helps someone in their open source journey! 🐧
If I missed any great EU-based FOSS accounts or services, please let me know in the replies!
"LINUX & FOSS Starter Pack for everyone" 👇️️
https://fedidevs.com/s/OTA2/
#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #Europe #DigitalSovereignty #StarterPack #EuropeanDigitalSovereignty #EUdistros #EUsoftware #EUservices #Fediverse #Privacy #SelfHosted
#DigitalPrivacy #Decentralize #GDPR
#OpenWeb #LinuxCommunity #FreeSoftware #Tech #DataProtection #OpenSourceEU #TechEU
Chip Butty
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Has anyone written anything about `vouch` from a data protection perspective?
Perhaps some practical considerations for people / projects who run instances of it?
> GitHub - A contributor trust management system based on explicit vouches to participate.
@firefoxwebdevs
This is - I believe - the best UX so far. If a feature is activated *after* a user interaction, this is good enough opt-in approach, that also balances a little marketing. I, for example, would like an AI tab grouper; but I wouldn't be able to know it exists if I dont firefox changelog (that avg user never do).
@alvan@social.lol
#Firefox doesn't "balance a little marketing": in the screenshot provided by @firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social you can see at least two #DarkPatterns at work:
And note that this has nothing to do with your personal preferences or people reading changelogs: as others have pointed out, if Firefox is so eagger to let people know about the new AI features, the could just showcase them just after update, providing a non misleading button to enabled each of them, like many other software do: https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/Guided-tour
As it stands, and given the alternatives, Mozilla #UX is overly malicious and I guess it would not pass any serious #GDPR compliance check.
Indeed I still wait for an answer to these questions: https://snac.tesio.it/giacomo/p/1770122154.401646
I guess it's because those model are updated frequently from #BigTech's servers around the world and Mozilla doesn't want people to realize how often their online status is revealed to such corporations through update checks by their " #privacy friendly" Firefox AI.
@alextecplayz@techhub.social
#Firefox doesn't "balance a little marketing": in the screenshot provided by @firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social you can see at least two #DarkPatterns at work:
- a popup-wide button
- no mention of #AI whatsoever: "Suggest more of my tabs" is a very misleading label for "opt-in into AI controlled tabs from now on"!
And note that this has nothing to do with your personal preferences or people reading changelogs: as others have pointed out, if Firefox is so eagger to let people know about the new AI features, the could just showcase them just after update, providing a non misleading button to enabled each of them, like many other software do: https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/Guided-tour
As it stands, and given the alternatives, Mozilla #UX is overly malicious and I guess it would not pass any serious #GDPR compliance check.
Indeed I still wait for an answer to these questions: https://snac.tesio.it/giacomo/p/1770122154.401646
I guess it's because those model are updated frequently from #BigTech's servers around the world and Mozilla doesn't want people to realize how often their online status is revealed to such corporations through update checks by their " #privacy friendly" Firefox AI.
@alextecplayz@techhub.social
Has anyone written anything about `vouch` from a data protection perspective?
Perhaps some practical considerations for people / projects who run instances of it?
> GitHub - A contributor trust management system based on explicit vouches to participate.
Aderenti Escapes su mastodon
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#ECJHighlights
⚖️ 10/02 (J): Binding decision of the EDPB @WhatsApp #GDPR 🇪🇺 (C-97/23 P)
⚖️ 12/02 (J): Language rules for private international schools 🇱🇹 (C-48/24)
⚖️ 12/02 (J): Mortgage contracts & reference interest rates 🇵🇱 (C-471/24)
#ECJHighlights
⚖️ 10/02 (J): Binding decision of the EDPB @WhatsApp #GDPR 🇪🇺 (C-97/23 P)
⚖️ 12/02 (J): Language rules for private international schools 🇱🇹 (C-48/24)
⚖️ 12/02 (J): Mortgage contracts & reference interest rates 🇵🇱 (C-471/24)
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
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Far too many companies: "Data protection laws are a failure because they're making our business harder! We need deregulation!!"
Dear companies,
data protection laws are meant to protect people's human rights, not to facilitate your business!
Their sucess isn't measured in how much you like them, but in how well they're protecting people from you. And honestly, judging by how careless some of you treat other people's personal data, this protection is necessary!
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#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR
Far too many companies: "Data protection laws are a failure because they're making our business harder! We need deregulation!!"
Dear companies,
data protection laws are meant to protect people's human rights, not to facilitate your business!
Their sucess isn't measured in how much you like them, but in how well they're protecting people from you. And honestly, judging by how careless some of you treat other people's personal data, this protection is necessary!
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#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
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I appear to have been indexed by an LLM-based hiring platform: https://www.getprog.ai/profile/10711159
I've submitted a takedown request, but I struggle to believe that this platform is GDPR-compliant. Anyone have a more educated view on this, and what my options are?
#gdpr #law #recruiting #llm
I appear to have been indexed by an LLM-based hiring platform: https://www.getprog.ai/profile/10711159
I've submitted a takedown request, but I struggle to believe that this platform is GDPR-compliant. Anyone have a more educated view on this, and what my options are?
#gdpr #law #recruiting #llm
US border authorities are bullying the EU for data on EU citizens, including biometrics, criminal records and more, supposedly to determine if they "pose a risk to public security or public order".
While #privacy watchdogs, regulators & some EU parl members are particularly unhappy about this, the European Commission appears to be yielding, at least so far as engaging in talks with the US to "broker a deal".
@JulianOliver @bert_hubert @FTM_nl This stinks to high heaven. And it stinks of Palantir. #EU, no. #GDPR
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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»I made 20 #GDPR data deletion requests in the past year. 2 complied immediately. 6 complied after I filed complaints with data protection offices. 12 still haven't. The regulation exists, the enforcement doesn't.«
»I made 20 #GDPR data deletion requests in the past year. 2 complied immediately. 6 complied after I filed complaints with data protection offices. 12 still haven't. The regulation exists, the enforcement doesn't.«
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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