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Municipality liability when licensing unlawful services

Those of you who read my previous article relating to Mobike will have noted that I made several points about the legality of the service…

3 min readDec 8, 2018

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Municipality liability when licensing unlawful services

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Alexander Hanff

China’s Surveillance & Social Credit system alive & kicking in Berlin…

Earlier this week I was giving a speech on Data Ethics in Copenhagen when I was approached by one of the participants who wanted to ask me…

7 min readDec 5, 2018

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China’s Surveillance & Social Credit system alive & kicking in Berlin…

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The Cold World of Algorithmic Censorship

Those of you who know me, know I am a human rights guy. My focus for the past 11 years has been on privacy and data ethics but for most of…

4 min readNov 14, 2018

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The Cold World of Algorithmic Censorship

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Alexander Hanff

In the age of GDPR self-hosting might be cheaper than you think.

A couple of years ago I wrote a brief article about developing a privacy by design focused web site and much of the advice was focused on…

10 min readAug 17, 2018

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In the age of GDPR self-hosting might be cheaper than you think.

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Homeland Security discovered my dastardly deeds…

So they finally got me — I woke up this morning and found an email from JOHN FRANCIS KELLY, Adjutant General and Director State Military…

7 min readAug 17, 2018

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Homeland Security discovered my dastardly deeds…

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Alexander Hanff

ICANN the public interest registery that can’t follow its own rules…

So the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has been having a bit of a hard time of late complying with European…

4 min readAug 7, 2018

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ICANN the public interest registery that can’t follow its own rules…

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Alexander Hanff

Europe’s Data Protection Board comply with GDPR after formal complaint.

On May 30th, just 5 days after the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect, I filed my first formal GDPR complaint…

3 min readJul 31, 2018

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Europe’s Data Protection Board comply with GDPR after formal complaint.

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Alexander Hanff

Privacy: A $120 Billion Question

It has been a difficult week for Facebook with shares dropping over 20% in the last 2 days resulting in the loss of over $120 billion from…

3 min readJul 27, 2018

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Privacy: A $120 Billion Question

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Alexander Hanff

Digital Psychology: Why Privacy is so important for Self Determination

As a species, humans are not particularly rational; we are controlled by a plethora of external and internal factors such as our…

11 min readJun 30, 2018

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Digital Psychology: Why Privacy is so important for Self Determination

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Case C-210/16 and joint liability for third party processing activities

June 5th, 2018 saw the the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issue their final judgment in Case C-210/16. The case focuses on…

6 min readJun 29, 2018

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Case C-210/16 and joint liability for third party processing activities

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Alexander Hanff

Alexander Hanff

Advocate, consultant & member of Singularity University faculty for Data Ethics; dedicated to development of EU privacy laws. CEO of Think Privacy AB.

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