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Content type: Video
Quick corrections!
GDPR compensation is in theory possible through court action
GDPR Article 80(2) not Section 20 something as I stated!
Links
Cory's website
Chokepoint Capitalism coauthored with Rebecca Giblin
Giphy and Meta
Chokepoint Capitalism: the audiobook
How to leave dying social media platforms (without losing your friends)
Cory on Mastodon: https://mamot.fr/@doctorow and https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic
PI on Mastodon
Crad Kilodney documentary
Algorithms…
Content type: News & Analysis
This week, we read that a former Apple contractor who blew the whistle on the company’s programme to listen to users’ Siri recordings has decided to go public, in protest at the lack of action taken as a result of the July 2019 disclosures. The news adds to a series of revelations that have been reported over the past months.
While the issue raises serious questions regarding the compatibility of such practices with data protection laws, at the same time, it highlights a wider problem that…
Content type: Long Read
Following a series of FOI requests from Privacy International and other organisations, the Department of Health and Social Care has now released its contract with Amazon, regarding the use of NHS content by Alexa, Amazon’s virtual assistant. The content of the contract is to a big extent redacted, and we contest the Department of Health’s take on the notion of public interest.
Remember when in July this year the UK government announced a partnership with Amazon so that people would now…