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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

Business Week: also in the news was Ryanair results; Boeing safety; and the Web Summit

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

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

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

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