Oh, cool. So now we get full transparency which MEP talks and communicates with whom, which websites they visited while using their private and official devices. That should allow us to build an automatic lobby register. And thanks to chat control, we can even get automated summaries of all those talks and what they did? Right? Right?
this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2025
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The EU prepares ground for wider data retention – and VPN providers are among the targets
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I'll say it again, we have to start pushing in the opposite direction. Some examples:
- Make it a basic right to not have any data about you collected unless strictly necessary for the service delivered.
- Forbid data brokers and any other attempts to combine data from different sources.
- Criminalize data leaks. Financial or medical malpractice can land people in prison or cause them to lose jobs. So should privacy/data malpractice. Note: negligence is a form of malpractice. It should not be possible to get away with a slap on the wrist kind of fine after a major data breach.
- Use the most extreme examples and statistics. Cambridge analytica was at the basis of a major attack on democracy using data from Facebook etc. Both Facebook, Cambridge analytica and benefitting parties should be held accountable in such a case.