* Facebook ‘Class Action’ Privacy Lawsuit Moves To Austrian Facebook ‘Class Action’ Privacy Lawsuit Moves To Austrian Supreme Court * State Lawmakers Create Coalition To Overhaul Digital Privacy Laws State Lawmakers Create Coalition To Overhaul Digital Privacy Laws * FCC Urged To Rein In Broadband Providers On Privacy Grounds FCC Urged To Rein In Broadband Providers On Privacy Grounds agencies’ dragnet surveillance of the online sphere. surveillance complex with its fingers in all of the mainstream consumer It’s no surprise then that Apple’s new privacy pages have an its corporate reputation to the digital privacy rights cause. Apple is also making some very clear privacy commitments to its users. Its privacy page states: your privacy and protect it with strong encryption, plus strict Security and privacy are fundamental to the design of all our vaguely worded privacy policies have all too often required users to sign over any expectations of privacy for the ‘privilege’ of using a in question — so this is not just a case of privacy being the ‘price’ Apple making a robust pro-privacy stance sets a new privacy benchmark Apple choosing to champion privacy is a marketing strategy that’s into Kafka-esque government surveillance apparatus on a ceaseless and And while Apple’s own privacy practices should still absolutely be claims users don’t care about privacy anyway. Bottom line: Plenty of version of this predictive assistant puts in a privacy check and eye-wateringly costly privacy price-tag. privacy they will also understand the value of a personalized service Another thing to note here is that data protection laws vary in challenges in the region over such privacy issues. And the Europe rules — with larger penalties for privacy infringements likely coming companies to clean up murky privacy practices. Lurking in the shadows Snowden revealed the extent of dragnet government surveillance programs services that were apparently signed up to the privacy covenant of Safe still be considered ‘safe’ in an era of systematic mass surveillance by European privacy campaigner Max Schrems has led a legal challenge on general Yves Bot argued that U.S. mass surveillance has indeed One thing is amply clear: the privacy debate is here to stay. And for compete to protect — not exploit — privacy sounds pretty exciting to © 2013-2016 AOL Inc. All rights reserved. Aol Tech Privacy Policy About