04 November 2019
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"- Individuals are giving away “vast amounts of data” and are expected to be risk-aware when using web based services
“The consent model is broken”: Committee calls for robust regulation to govern how personal data is used and stringent enforcement of the rules
- “Deeply troubling” evidence that data being used to discriminate in job and housing ads online
The Committee today reports serious grounds for concern about the nature of the “consent” people provide when giving over an extraordinary range of information about themselves, to be used for commercial gain by private companies."
See: Joint Committee on Human Rights: Right to privacy “may exist on paper” – but not in online “Wild West”, says JCHR (press release, pdf)
And: Report (pdf)
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