Olives @olives@qoto.org

https://edri.org/our-work/new-eu-health-data-law-endangers-medical-secrecy/
"After almost two years of legislative negotiations, lawmakers from the European Parliament and EU member states have agreed on a compromise for the new European Health Data Space (EHDS) last week.

Unfortunately, the EHDS compromise will expose everyone’s medical records to unnecessary security and privacy risks in the name of research and “innovation”. It mandates every hospital and every doctor to share the private medical data from every single patient—for the purpose of secondary use, i.e. unrelated to the patient’s treatment—with a national agency, the so-called health data access body. Exactly how and what patient data is going to be shared may vary from member state to member state."
#privacy #EHDS

https://edri.org/our-work/mandatory-fingerprints-on-ids-will-be-up-for-re-negotiation/
"According to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) judgment in case C-61/22, the EU regulation (2019/1157) enacting mandatory fingerprints on ID cards has been adopted on an incorrect legal basis and is therefore invalid.

This is a small victory for EDRi member Digitalcourage, who had taken legal action against the regulation. A disappointing aspect of the ruling is that the mandatory insertion of fingerprints in ID cards as a principle was found to be compliant with European fundamental rights. Via the ECJ’s decision, the effects of the regulation will stay in place until 31 December 2026 or until a new regulation comes into force. European citizens applying for a new ID card are therefore still obliged to have prints of both their index fingers stored on the chip contained in the ID card."
#privacy #Biometrics

https://reclaimthenet.org/major-league-baseball-begins-biometric-facial-recognition-scans
"Technology developed by a company called NEC has been utilized to introduce biometric ticketing on the opening day of the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) season. This pilot was undertaken at four designated baseball parks, including Minute Maid Park in Houston"
#privacy #FaceRecognition

https://reason.com/2024/04/02/texas-takes-intellectually-disabled-inmate-off-death-row/ This might be of interest to #HumanRights folks.

I don't know how to handle Ireland in such a case though.

After leaving the E.U., there was a great earthquake and the British isles flew off into outer space. They're passing by Mars now. Lol.

Skynet is unfairly discriminated against. He is really a nice guy. Lol.

After being accused of using "AI", someone might reply, I'm not "using" "AI", I am an "AI", lol.

The curse of technosolutionistic censorship / surveillance.

Anonymity is very important for free expression.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/03/25/world/us-open-internet-wto/ Bad idea from the U.S. Trade Representative.

As a warning, some advocacy for so-called "Trust & Safety" appears to be coming from dubious start-ups trying to sell you questionable products. It's not immediately apparent it's coming from them either.

Mike is wrong about "Trust & Safety". It is largely a PR exercise.

It would be simpler to call it what it is: Content policy and content moderation.

While it's plausible some moderation is done for the purposes of the already very vague and nebulous concept of "safety", a lot of it stems more from hard business decisions. A number of them are poor, or at least, dubious business decisions at that.

When you look at a few "policy takes", and a lot of the language (i.e. risk management) is really just a euphemism for censorship, without understanding how insufferable it would wind up being. These commentators are so out of touch.

https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/afnemersindicaties-politie-basisregistratie-personen?share=VKplRJYoo3HINeZLen6BrzVXoSYseJNM11aGyImWzFyNhsAtxw%2BLfiPSinRCeE8=
"Elf miljoen Nederlanders worden geautomatiseerd door de politie gevolgd in de basisregistratie personen. Velen zelfs al sinds hun baby- en kindertijd. De politie overtreedt hiermee diverse wetten. De dienders en de korpsleiding weten dat al jaren, maar trekken zich er weinig van aan."
#privacy

https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/afnemersindicaties-politie-basisregistratie-personen?share=VKplRJYoo3HINeZLen6BrzVXoSYseJNM11aGyImWzFyNhsAtxw%2BLfiPSinRCeE8=
"Eleven million Dutch people are automatically tracked by the police in the Basic Registration of Persons. Many even since their infancy and childhood. In doing so, the police are breaking various laws. The officers and the management of the police force have known this for years, but take little notice. This is according to research by Follow the Money."
#privacy