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Home office: How much control by the employer is allowed?

It is illegal to use spy software. Even if the employer announces this step, this type of monitoring without a reason is not permitted. [...]

Date: 23 Aug 2023 Tags: Home office, employer, control, monitoring, working hours, recording system

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How secure is Ring from Amazon?

When using the Ring smart doorbell, vast amounts of data are generated. Ring devices continuously create video recordings and audio clips to provide users with a comprehensive monitoring experience. [...]

Date: 07 Jun 2023 Tags: Ring, amazon, doorbell, home security systems, video stream, data transfer

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How dangerous are the compulsory apps for football fans?

This is needed, for example, to enter the country or to visit a stadium. Anyone who doesn't use the app or uses it incorrectly faces a huge fine of 50,000 euros and could even be imprisoned for three years. All of this already speaks in favor of not visiting the country during the 2022 World Cup. [...]

Date: 18 Nov 2022 Tags: Apps, World Cup 2022, Football, Fans, monitoring, Qatar

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American phone monitoring company demonstrates surveillance powers

Anomaly Six, a secretive government contractor, claims to monitor the movements of billions of phones around the world and unmask spies with the press of a button. [...]

Date: 03 Jun 2022 Tags: monitoring, surveillance, Anomaly Six, spying, Phone-tracking, Anomaly 6

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Court Says Google Analytics Is Illegal

Google has a long history of collecting your personal data and using it to manipulate your behavior. A regulatory agency in France is the latest to find the data collected by Google Analytics breaches European privacy laws. [...]

Date: 19 May 2022 Tags: Google, Analytics, ILLEGAL, Court, manipulate, pravacy laws

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What is an unsurv project?

A so-called unsurv project is designed to automatically locate Big Brother. This means an automatic detection of various video cameras in public areas and rooms. At the same time, the unsurv project refers to permanent offline companions with helpful monitoring reports. [...]

Date: 08 Mar 2022 Tags: project, unsurv, unsurv project, Big Brother, video cameras, monitoring

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Staatstrojaner und Drohneneinsätze im neuen Polizeigesetz

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Deutschland) soll ein neues Polizeigesetz bekommen, in dem die Polizei weitere Überwachungsbefügnisse bekommen soll. Darunter nun Staatstrojaner und Drohneneinsätze. [...]

Datum: 03 Juli 2019 Tags: Polizeigesetz, staatstrojaner, Überwachung, Datenschutz, Polizei, monitoring

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Why DuckDuckGo should NOT be trusted…

DuckDuckGo is good enough to reduce the tracking of advertisers and to reduce the data profile as much as possible, but does not offer the protection that some hope for. [...]

Date: 13 May 2019 Tags: privacymatters, secure, monitoring, privacy, DuckDuckGo, Swisscows

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Why Swisscows has what it takes to become a serious competitor to Google

he search engine Swisscows launched in 2014 wants to stand up to Google and become a serious competitor. Why this is not hot air, is obvious. [...]

Date: 10 Apr 2019 Tags: Swisscows, Google, privacymatters, privacy, monitoring