A cheerful video released by YourAnonNews suggests that the murky hacker collective called Anonymous is now after the murky deep state collective called Q. Q, to the uninitiated, is a 4Chan poster who claims to be connected deep inside the US government. Q claims to have high level clearance and posts in furtherance of the […]
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Kaspersky pulls plug on Europol joint venture after EU parliament vote to ban its software
Fresh political woes for Russian security firm Kaspersky, which has reacted angrily to a vote in the European Union Parliament last week to ban its software — on the grounds that it has been “confirmed as malicious“. Kaspersky denies this characterization of its software, saying it’s “untrue”. It has also retaliated by pulling the plug […]
View More Kaspersky pulls plug on Europol joint venture after EU parliament vote to ban its softwarePressure mounts on EU-US Privacy Shield after Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal
Yet more pressure on the precariously placed EU-US Privacy Shield: The European Union parliament’s civil liberties committee has called for the data transfer arrangement to be suspended by September 1 unless the US comes into full compliance. Though the committee has no power to suspend the arrangement itself. But has amped up the political pressure on […]
View More Pressure mounts on EU-US Privacy Shield after Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandalFacebook is trying to block Schrems II privacy referral to EU top court
Facebook’s lawyers are attempting to block a High Court decision in Ireland, where its international business is headquartered, to refer a long-running legal challenge to the bloc’s top court. The social media giant’s lawyers asked the court to stay the referral to the CJEU today, Reuters reports. Facebook is trying to appeal the referral by challenging […]
View More Facebook is trying to block Schrems II privacy referral to EU top courtPrivacy Shield now facing questions via legal challenge to Facebook data flows
The Irish High Court has referred for a second time a legal challenge to Facebook’s EU-US data transfers to Europe’s top court, seeking a preliminary ruling on a series of fundamental questions pertaining to the clash between US mass surveillance law and EU citizens’ fundamental privacy rights. The sustainability of the EU-US Privacy Shield mechanism […]
View More Privacy Shield now facing questions via legal challenge to Facebook data flows