#dataprotectionact — Public Fediverse posts
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UK Gov *rejects* “privacy by design” architecture, GDPR-mandated data minimisation now supposedly “makes children unsafe”
Disappearing messages exist in order to empower people to take control of their digital exhaust trail and to minimise the opportunities for third parties to abuse older information.
The government is now against this key precept of information security, because children:
https://bsky.app/profile/heatherburnstech.bsky.social/post/3mo5iiqfql224
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@eff , Civil Society Groups, Academics Call on #UK Home Secretary to Address Flawed Data Bill
Under sections 49 and 50 of the #DataProtectionAct 2018, solely automated decisions are prohibited from being made in the law enforcement context unless the decision is required or authorised by law. Clause 80 reverses this in all scenarios unless the data processing involves special category data.
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@eff , Civil Society Groups, Academics Call on #UK Home Secretary to Address Flawed Data Bill
Under sections 49 and 50 of the #DataProtectionAct 2018, solely automated decisions are prohibited from being made in the law enforcement context unless the decision is required or authorised by law. Clause 80 reverses this in all scenarios unless the data processing involves special category data.
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#PrinceHarry accuses 'the yellow press' of obtaining information 'illegally'.
Under the #DataProtectionAct of 1994 there is " a defence, which is available to anyone who shows that obtaining, disclosing or procuring the information was in the public interest. The public interest defence has never been tested in court."
Written in 2011 re the Gordon Brown case, this is worth reading in the current context.
Of #PublicInterest - undoubtedly.
In the public interest - debatable? -
#PrinceHarry accuses 'the yellow press' of obtaining information 'illegally'.
Under the #DataProtectionAct of 1994 there is " a defence, which is available to anyone who shows that obtaining, disclosing or procuring the information was in the public interest. The public interest defence has never been tested in court."
Written in 2011 re the Gordon Brown case, this is worth reading in the current context.
Of #PublicInterest - undoubtedly.
In the public interest - debatable? -
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#15yrsago Using a record-cutter to turn old CDs into 45RPM singles https://web.archive.org/web/20080502021126/http://www.futuresonic.com/08/art/cdrecycled/
#15yrsago #BBC sends legal threat over fan’s #DoctorWho knitting patterns https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/bbc-removes-doctor-who-fans-knitting-patterns-from-the-web/
#15yrsago Band “shoots” video by sending #DataProtectionAct requests to #CCTVs that caught them performing https://web.archive.org/web/20080510192510/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/1938076/The-Get-Out-Clause%2C-Manchester's-stars-of-CCTV-cameras.html
#15yrsago RIAA says #DRM is coming back — in the future, you won’t own music https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/05/if-music-drm-is-dead-the-riaa-expects-its-resurrection/
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CW: Long thread/6
#15yrsago Using a record-cutter to turn old CDs into 45RPM singles https://web.archive.org/web/20080502021126/http://www.futuresonic.com/08/art/cdrecycled/
#15yrsago #BBC sends legal threat over fan’s #DoctorWho knitting patterns https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/bbc-removes-doctor-who-fans-knitting-patterns-from-the-web/
#15yrsago Band “shoots” video by sending #DataProtectionAct requests to #CCTVs that caught them performing https://web.archive.org/web/20080510192510/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/1938076/The-Get-Out-Clause%2C-Manchester's-stars-of-CCTV-cameras.html
#15yrsago RIAA says #DRM is coming back — in the future, you won’t own music https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/05/if-music-drm-is-dead-the-riaa-expects-its-resurrection/
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We have until 22 October to tell the @DCMS how to improve the #DataProtectionAct. @mattr3 explains why this is a vital opportunity to improve UK #privacy, and how you can help.⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/speak-up-and-make-uk-data-protection-stronger/