Jan 1, 2020In 10 years from now…A. We’ll be buying groceries from online supermarkets with personal data. We’ll be trading our emotions, reactions and preferences on the personal data stock market. B. We’ll have full autonomy over our data via a programmatic rights based system and signal to devices collecting information about us what’s allowed, what…Data Protection2 min readData Protection2 min read
Published inRead, Write, Participate·Jul 17, 2019Our Data FutureIt’s 2030. You’re living in your ideal world. How does it look like? What role does data play in this future? This is an open invitation to go on a journey and explore four speculative scenarios about what the world might look like, depending on the way we choose to…Privacy2 min readPrivacy2 min read
Published inRead, Write, Participate·May 17, 2019Dear European Commission: Don’t let political parties use our data to manipulate the voteWhen the news broke that Cambridge Analytica had harvested millions of Facebook users’ personal data — and then used that information to influence elections — the fallout was swift. …Gdpr4 min readGdpr4 min read
Published inRead, Write, Participate·Feb 7, 2019We don’t want to sell our data, we want data rights!This piece was written as part of my Mozilla Fellowhip with Privacy International, where I focus on data ownership and concentration of corporate power. The original post is available here. Dear will.i.am, We saw your piece in the Economist and were very excited to learn that you care about privacy…Privacy6 min readPrivacy6 min read
Published inRead, Write, Participate·Jan 10, 2019It’s True! There Really Are Cookie MonstersThey are called third party cookies and because of a bad mix between poor implementation of European privacy rules and refusal to acknowledge the Do Not Track standard they are now eating up a good part of our online experience. My experience turned into a very time consuming and frustrating…Privacy14 min readPrivacy14 min read
Published inRead, Write, Participate·Nov 22, 2018#TeleormanLeaks explained: privacy, freedom of expression, and public interestThe European Union’s new privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, is being tested across Europe. The first GDPR privacy case in Romania began with an investigation that was published on November 5 about a corruption scandal involving a politician and his close relationships to a company being…Privacy8 min readPrivacy8 min read
