Tag: OnlinePrivacy
Privacy for sale? The law and the pay-or-consent dilemma
Many people are familiar with being asked to accept cookies or agree to the collection of their personal information when using online platforms. But what happens when the choice is to either pay for privacy or consent to even more extensive data collection? Should we have to pay money to protect our privacy? Or should we surrender our personal information to use these platforms?
Data Privacy Day – how loyalty programmes track your data
International Data Privacy Day on 28 January usually brings a wave of advice about passwords and privacy settings. Most of us tune it out. Instead, we fall back on a comfortable but dangerous cop-out. We say, “I am boring. I have nothing to hide”. This reflex often defines how people approach Data Privacy Day each year. This apathy creates our greatest vulnerability.
