People's sexual orientation, ethnicity, or political views could be exposed in proposed EU changes to the 'GDPR' digital-rights laws, civil society experts warn, after a leaked draft.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52834195

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“If adopted, these amendments would not simplify compliance but hollow out the GDPR’s and ePrivacy’s core guarantees: purpose limitation, accountability, and independent oversight,” Itxaso Dominguez de Olazabal, from the European Digital Rights group, told EUobserver.

The draft includes adjustments to what is considered “personal data,” a key component of the GDPR and protected by Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

    • deczzz@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      21 hours ago

      Care to explain or do you simply call anyone you disagree with for fascists? Words matter, so stop pushing this “baaaah everyone in government are fascists”. It is incorrect and honestly tiring to hear (speaking to a relatively large group of lemmies who always throw the Nazi or fascist card when that disagree on politics).

      • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        18 minutes ago

        If you have been around enough, you will start to notice patterns. Like, when a politician starts compromising their supposed ideals (lefties voting right), there’s a good chance they have been bought out. This is what the USA has been doing for years, before they went full fascist. And Europe has been having a right-wing shift over time. EU is supposed to protect human rights. When you take into account that the EU rarely does anything to actually enforce their supposed values (The Gaza Genocide is condemned, but little is actually done about it), you start to realize that it is all theatre, and that they are working against our interests.

        They are clearly going down the authoritarian path, stripping us of our privacy, and autonomy more and more, so they can do as they please with us when the time comes. It’s obvious that they have certain groups of people they can’t stand, and want gone.

        So, you are going to ask what all this has to do with it, play dumb, and sea lion, so I’m just going to block you now.