I sometimes think that no one cares about online privacy, which makes me really sad, then I read this from @pluralistic - good to know!
https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/07/revealed-preferences/#extinguish-v-improve

So maybe people DO care, but just feel like they can't do much about it?

#surveillancecapitalism #dataprivacy #datarape #tracking

Is Microsoft 365 tracking European schoolchildren against the #GDPR? 🕵🏾

Our friends at @noybeu are concerned: "Hundreds of thousands of European schoolchildren are likely being tracked by Microsoft education software widely deployed in schools"

#dataprivacy

https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/06/04/microsoft-software-accused-of-breaching-data-rights-of-eu-schoolchildren

Microsoft software accused of breaching data rights of EU schoolchildren

NOYB asked the Austrian privacy watchdog to investigate the use of Microsoft Education 365.

^{Cynthia Kroet (Euronews.com)}

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