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Cookie consent gear are getting used to undermine EU privateness regulations, learn about suggests

Maximum cookie consent pop-ups served to web customers within the Eu Union — ostensibly in search of permission to trace other people’s internet job — usually are flouting regional privateness regulations, a brand new learn about via researchers at MIT, UCL and Aarhus College suggests. “The result of…
Most cookie consent pop-ups served to internet users in the European Union — ostensibly seeking permission to track people’s web activity — are likely to be flouting regional privacy laws, a new study by researchers at MIT, UCL and Aarhus University suggests. “The results of…

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Author: Natasha Lomas

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Natasha Lomas has recently written 11 articles on similar topics including :
  1. "European lawmakers are eyeing binding transparency requirements for Internet platforms in a Digital Services Act (DSA) due to be drafted by the end of the year". (June 25, 2020)
  2. "A month after Europes top court struck down a flagship data transfer arrangement between the EU and the US as unsafe, European privacy campaign group, noyb, has filed complaints against 101 websites with regional operators which its identified as still sending data to the US via Googl". (August 18, 2020)
  3. "The European Unions lead data protection supervisor has recommended that a ban on targeted advertising based on tracking Internet users digital activity be included in a major reform of digital services rules which aims to increase operators accountability, among other key goal". (February 10, 2021)
  4. "A number of UK computer security and privacy experts have signed an open letter raising transparency and mission creep concerns about the national approach to develop a coronavirus contacts tracing app". (April 29, 2020)
  5. "The FTC has reached a settlement with Flo, a period and fertility tracking app with 100 million+ users, over allegations it shared users health data with third-party app analytics and marketing services like Facebook despite promising to keep users sensitive health data private". (January 13, 2021)
  6. "The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has published guidance for the use of location data and contacts tracing tools intended to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic". (April 22, 2020)
  7. "Facebook is considering expanding the types of data its users are able to port directly to alternative platforms". (August 21, 2020)
  8. "Privacy concerns that have been driving app users to alternative chat apps like Signal and Telegram in recent weeks, since Facebook-owned WhatsApp announced a T&Cs change, appear to also be generating some uplift for end-to-end encrypted email providers". (January 14, 2021)
  9. "Apple is facing fresh questions from its lead data protection regulator in Europe following a public complaint by a former contractor who revealed last year that workers doing quality grading for Siri were routinely overhearing sensitive user data". (May 22, 2020)
  10. "European data watchdogs have issued updated guidance in the wake of last weeks landmark ruling striking down a flagship transatlantic data transfer mechanism called Privacy Shield". (July 24, 2020)
  11. "A unique device identifier that Apple assigns to each iPhone for third parties to track users for ad targeting aka the IDFA (Identifier for Advertisers) is itself now the target of two new complaints filed by European privacy campaign not-for-profit, noyb". (November 16, 2020)
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