Showing posts with label privacy rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label privacy rights. Show all posts

Apr 9, 2022

April

"Some big tech became big by plundering our data without asking for permission (…) we were told that it was necessary for our gadgets to keep on working as they do (…).” Although “[w]e know that it is possible to have cutting-edge tech gadgets without privacy invasions.” Carissa Véliz (2020). Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data. Photo taken Abril 3, 2022, by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA ( CC ).

April

"The history of rights is, to a large extent, the history of progressively recognizing that human beings are not resources to exploit, but individuals to respect." Carissa Véliz (2020). Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data. Image: «Forest in the City», Abril 8, 2022, by Monica Pinheiro. You are free to use it if you respect the license CC BY-NC-SA ( CC ).

Nov 14, 2021

November

 

«Data protection in EU: Comparative Study of National Reports» "a document aimed to produce a panoramic vision of the legal and ethical framework both at the national and EU level, complementing PANELFIT Guidelines. (...) The present study includes a comparative analysis of data protection in the 27 countries of the European Union. Offering stakeholders and end users a synthetic and simplified version. The national reports produced by our network of experts, so far, are reproduced as well." See legal data and comments for data protection in Portugal. Image by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA ( CC ).

Feb 18, 2021

February

 

«In this picture, commercial surveillance is not merely an unfortunate accident or occasional lapse. It is neither a necessary development of information capitalism nor a necessary product of digital technology or the internet. It is a specifically constructed human choice, an unprecedented market form, an original solution to emergency, and the underlying mechanism through which a new asset class is created on the cheap and converted revenue. Surveillance is the path to profit that overrides “we the people”, taking our decision rights without permission and even when we say “no”. » Shoshana Zuboff, 2019. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: the fight for a human future at the new frontier of power. Image by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA (CC).

2021 11 14 note: See comments on rights conceded by Portuguese law in  https://www.panelfit.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Portugal.pdf