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📝 Data Protection Day 2026: 45 Years of Convention 108 and the Challenge of Staying Vigilant

On 28 January 2026, we celebrate Data Protection Day, the anniversary of Convention 108. Between GDPR revision proposals, simplification measures, and new technologies, personal data protection...

🔗 https://www.nicfab.eu/en/posts/data-protection-day-2026/

#DataProtectionDay #CouncilOfEurope #FundamentalRights #PrivacyAwareness #PrivacyMatters

🔒 Lock your phone—but don’t lock down your awareness.
Many apps track you in the background without you realizing it.

✅ Review your app permissions.
✅ Disable background tracking when you can.

Your data, your rules. 🛡️
#DataPrivacy #PrivacyAwareness #TakeControl #DigitalSafety

Quick Guide to Open-Source Intelligence 🔎🌍🕵️‍♂️

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) is the art of gathering publicly available information for research, investigation, or cyber defense.

Why it matters:
OSINT is essential for cyber defense, threat hunting, and digital investigations — when used ethically and legally.

Disclaimer: This content is for educational and ethical use only. Always respect privacy laws and platform terms of service.

#OSINT #OpenSourceIntelligence #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #EducationOnly #DigitalInvestigation #ReconTools #ThreatHunting #PrivacyAwareness

Everyone knows your location, Part 2: try it yourself and share the results

https://timsh.org/everyone-knows-your-location-part-2-try-it-yourself/

#HackerNews #EveryoneKnowsYourLocation #TryItYourself #PrivacyAwareness #DataSecurity #SharingResults

Have you ever considered that the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses could pose a significant security risk? Users could (illegally) film in public, and with facial recognition overlays, potentially obtain the names, addresses, and private information. How easy will it be to bypass the security settings?

https://www.meta.com/de/smart-glasses/

#SmartGlassesSecurity
#PrivacyConcerns
#facialrecognition
#RayBanMeta
#PublicPrivacy
#DataProtection
#SurveillanceRisk
#EthicalTech
#PrivacyAwareness

Cybercriminals can use your personal information for identity theft, financial fraud, cyberbullying.

What steps can you take to protect yourself and your organisation?

📺🦸‍♀️ Hear it from our Cyber Hero @rosannepouw, Product Manager #security and #privacy awareness at @SURF!

Find everything about our #CyberSecMonth campaign '#BecomeACyberHero' at https://connect.geant.org/csm23

#DigitalFootprint #CyberSecurity #SocialMedia #securityawareness #cybersec #privacyawareness #Research #Education

I lost the Toot I wanted to Boost on this so will just throw it out here on my own Toot. This does a cracking good visualisation of one of my throwaway accounts I'd known was compromised some years ago.
#ITSecurity #Privacy #PrivacyAwareness #ITSec #DataProtection #Breach
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-18/data-breaches-your-identity-interactive/102175688

WhatsApp user? Android owner? Your phone may show that WhatsApp is using your microphone when it really shouldn't be.
https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/whatsapp-microphone-access-bug
#WhatsApp #Privacy #PrivacyAwareness #Android #BugOrFeature

I didn't know it was Privacy Awareness Week https://www.oaic.gov.au/engage-with-us/events/privacy-awareness-week
I guess they kept it, ahem, get ready, *private*.
Yes, you with me?
On fire today I tell you.
#PAW #PrivacyAwareness #Privacy

#YouTube has been accused of collecting the viewing #data of children aged under 13, in breach of a UK #dataprivacy code designed to protect children.

#privacy #google #dataprotection #privacyfirst #privacyrights #privacyawareness #bbc

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64786968