Retention conflict architecture is what happens when a backup platform designed to execute a single retention schedule becomes the enforcement point for legal obligations that disagree with each other about the same record. A GDPR erasure request lands on data under active litigation hold. A PCI-mandated retention window overlaps a customer's Article 17 request. HIPAA's six-year retention floor s…
Priyam Pratik, Faculty of Law, University of Allahabad ABSTRACT The contemporary digital economy has given rise to a form of accumulation that extracts value not from labour or natural resources, but from human behaviour itself. Surveillance capitalism, a term coined by Professor Shoshana Zuboff, describes a system in which personal data is harvested at scale, converted into predictive behavioura…
A woman strolls into a grocery store, thinking about grabbing some apples. Before she even reaches the produce aisle, a security camera has scanned her face. Whether the system is checking for shoplifters or simply logging her arrival, her face has joined a digital ledger, a trace she can’t easily erase. Retailers, banks, airports, stadiums […] The post Facial recognition data is a key to your id…
Orion Browser Beta Lands on Linux With Kagi’s Privacy-Focused Vision The Orion web browser, developed by Kagi, has officially entered beta testing for Linux. The release introduces the privacy-focused browser to Linux desktops, aiming to provide a lightweight, fast, and tracker-free browsing experience. The browser is created by Kagi, the company behind the privacy-focused Kagi […] The post Kagi’…
Plausible Analytics is a lightweight, open source web analytics tool that has quickly gained popularity as the privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics. By using Plausible Analytics, customers keep 100% ownership of their website data and protect the privacy of their visitors since there are no cookies and it is fully compliant with GDPR.
Since its launch in April 2019, the analytics plat…
T-Mobile’s data breach in August 2021 exposed the social security numbers and drivers license numbers for over 40 million former or prospective customers. I recently discovered that I was one such victim because of an alert that popped up on my phone this weekend from my credit monitoring service. I was surprised because I have […] The post T’Mobile: Deleting Stale Data Reduces Liability appeared…
EU is currently discussing changes to the European privacy laws. The intention is to strengthen the protection of privacy and to give people more control over their data. The problem, which I highlighted on The Ethics Blog, is that the new proposal applies also to research. Presently there is an exception for scientific research about […] The post Revised European data protection will make data a…
