#personal data

[tearsofrefugees]

Google Secretly Handed ICE Data About Pro-Palestine Student Activist

Google handed over Gmail account information to ICE before notifying the student or giving him an opportunity to challenge the subpoena.

[saywhat-politics]

Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients' personal data, including addresses, to ICE

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation’s 79 millio

WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, to track down immigrants who may not be living legally in the United States, according to an agreement obtained by The Associated Press.

The information will give ICE officials the ability to find “the location of aliens” across the country, says the agreement signed Monday between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Homeland Security. The agreement has not been announced publicly.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Ottawa proposes making it easier to share personal data among government - National | Globalnews.ca

In a new policy paper, the government proposes allowing federal agencies to reuse and share personal data, without consent, if it improves s

The Liberal government is proposing making it easier for federal agencies to share and reuse the personal data of Canadians as part of a major overhaul of the Privacy Act. The act governs how federal agencies collect, use and disclose personal information, and gives people the right to see and correct data about them the government holds. The law has not changed substantially since it took effect in 1983. In a policy paper issued Thursday, the government says that in most cases, reusing personal data or sharing it with another program for an alternative purpose requires the person’s consent or must meet one of the few legal exceptions. “These rules were designed to protect privacy, but they make it harder to deliver modern, connected services that rely on secure data sharing,” the paper says. “The goal is to make it easier for programs to share data responsibly, so Canadians only have to provide information once.”

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[juicetrump2]

AI allows hackers to identify anonymous social media accounts, study finds

New research suggests tech behind AI platforms such as ChatGPT makes it easier to perform sophisticated privacy attacks

[incognitopolls]

Why do you allow websites and services to collect your data/spy on you rather than take steps to limit them?

I have nothing to hide

I don't see it as a bad thing

I find it convenient

It's too difficult/time consuming to avoid

I don't know how to avoid it

They'll collect it anyways, there's no point in trying to avoid it

I didn't know they did that

I don't care if they do

I value the service more than I'm worried about the privacy aspect of it

I do try to limit it when the options are accessible

I do everything in my power to protect my data

Other

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[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Court blocks Trump administration’s access to SNAP recipients’ personal data

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and 21 other states challenged the USDA’s demand for SNAP recipients’ personal data, arguing it violat

[simonsezsorry]

Welp, this sucks.

I don't agree with Tumblr's new privacy policy of being able to store and access information on my device and selling it. (If the Clippy pfp was hint enough, I'm very against this type of bullshit).

I'm currently posting this via browser from a burner laptop that I wipe frequently, using ad-block and a VPN, in order to get around having to press agree to the new TOS.

in other words, I take my privacy seriously, and will not be using Tumblr via the app for the foreseeable future. I will still be using the browser to give updates on this situation using my current method. I will always be using a VPN and ad-block of course, so I'm not giving them any profit from my usage.

sorry to all my mutuals who I'll inevitably lose contact with. I don't currently know of an alternative site to move to, so I may be MIA for the foreseeable future until something is done about this policy, which frankly I can't see happening during this current US administration.

If you've somehow managed to avoid pressing agree on the new TOS, I urge you not to accept if you still can. I know it's hard, but they'll never learn if we just keep pressing accept. We need them to know enough is enough.

Going forward, my activity will decrease to just posting updates twice a month or so from my browser. I urge you guys to do the same if you can, so Tumblr gets the message (kinda like what discord and microsoft are experiencing now).