I feel somewhat guilty. Everyone sent out these updated privacy policies and GDPR-related notifications. Most of them were boring as shit, although there were a few truly humorous ones. So, you may be wondering, stifling a yawn politely, how does GDPR affect PogoWasRight.org? I have no fucking clue. I don’t collect your email addresses. I…
Month: May 2018
HK: Court upholds privacy rights in face of disciplinary proceedings
Michael Maguiness and David Smyth write: In the recent case of Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Preliminary Investigation Committee of the Medical Council of Hong Kong v Hospital Authority,(1) the High Court dismissed proceedings commenced by the chair and deputy chair (collectively, the chair) seeking to compel the Hospital Authority to disclose confidential…
Austrian Facebook slayer launches four new cases as EU tightens data privacy
AFP reports that Max Shrem is filing four new cases as GDPR goes into effect: “One is in France against Google on Android, the other one is on Instagram in Belgium, the third one is in Hamburg against WhatsApp and the fourth one is in Austria against Facebook,” Schrems told AFP, adding that the cases were being brought…
How to figure out if hackers leaked your password
If you haven’t tried using HaveIBeenPwned.com to see if your email address has been part of any big breach, that should be your first step. Check that site to see whether your login credentials have been compromised in any hack known to the site’s owner, Troy Hunt. If your login credentials have been part of…