Digital Matters

How much privacy do I want/need?

An AI generated image from ChatGPT using DALL-E depicting Digital Privacy
Which side are you on? Which side do you want to be on?

What a question! Total of course might be the first answer, but is it actually the right one. It’s an entirely personal choice, and you have to weigh up how much you want to share of yourself online, how much personal information you need to share online, and how to secure that which you have to provide online to obtain services. Yes – it’s not an easy question to answer! But first some highlights …

UK Government forces Apple to remove Advanced Data Protection for its users in UK

New rules to protect your rights and activity online in the EU

… and the UK’s GDPR post-Brexit

What goes on in the US Defense establishment?

Even IT experts can be duped!

Challenges for genealogy site

UK High Court forces Meta to consider a subscription model

Do you really need to do this to enter the US now?

The US CISA is seriously worried about protecting itself and its workers

How to avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To

… and of course I couldn’t resist sharing this …

https://www.cultofmac.com/news/privacy-in-apps

If you want to learn more on how to enhance your digital privacy, please go to Thought grazing, where – with a recent change in access rights – you will be able to read and view some of the presentations given to the Digital Matters group and Blogposts that we hope you might find interesting.

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