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For Data Protection Day 2026, we're taking you from Ancient Rome to now.

Our rights expanded in the Information Age to include the electronic body. Data is our DNA.

But now protections are shrinking. All while surveillance becomes industrialised, AI outstrips regulation and our institutions fall under corporate capture.

We must learn from history and course correct now.

Read our blog ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/give-a-bit-theyll-take-a-megabyte-data-protection-then-and-now/

#DataProtectionDay #dataprotection #privacy #humanrights #DataPrivacyDay

Open Rights Group

Give a bit, they’ll take a megabyte: Data Protection Then and Now

Data Protection Day 2026 As the Center for Democracy and Technology reports, “In what state officials have described as a “ransom note”, the Department of Justice over the weekend reissued demands for full access to Minnesota’s records on Medicaid, Food and Nutrition Service programs […], and voter rolls”.

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@privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer · 2 days ago

That's why Big Tech companies and authoritarian governments are constantly trying to take your privacy away. 👮 (2/5)

#DataPrivacyDay #Democracy #HumanRights #DataProtectionDay #PrivacyGuides #DataPrivacyWeek #PrivacyTips #Privacy

A list of recent This Week in Privacy episodes, including topics on Google abandoning open-source, Flock exposing their cameras to the internet, various government attacks on free speech, and a question about whether you can be arrested for wiping your device

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@privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer · 2 days ago

📅 January 28th is international Data Privacy Day!

It's 2026, and your personal data privacy has never been more important. Privacy is an essential right when it comes to personal safety, upholding democracy, keeping our freedom of speech, and building community. 🫂 (1/5)

#DataPrivacyDay #Privacy #Democracy #DataProtectionDay #DigitalRights #HumanRights #PrivacyGuides #DataPrivacyWeek #PrivacyTips

Privacy Guides

@privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer · 2 days ago

📅 January 28th is international Data Privacy Day!

#DataPrivacyDay #Privacy #Democracy #DataProtectionDay #DigitalRights #HumanRights #PrivacyGuides #DataPrivacyWeek #PrivacyTips

Privacy Guides

@privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer · 2 days ago

📅 January 28th is international Data Privacy Day!

#DataPrivacyDay #Privacy #Democracy #DataProtectionDay #DigitalRights #HumanRights #PrivacyGuides #DataPrivacyWeek #PrivacyTips

Privacy Guides

@privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer replied · 2 days ago

That's why Big Tech companies and authoritarian governments are constantly trying to take your privacy away. 👮 (2/5)

#DataPrivacyDay #Democracy #HumanRights #DataProtectionDay #PrivacyGuides #DataPrivacyWeek #PrivacyTips #Privacy

Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 3 days ago

For Data Protection Day 2026, we're taking you from Ancient Rome to now.

Our rights expanded in the Information Age to include the electronic body. Data is our DNA.

But now protections are shrinking. All while surveillance becomes industrialised, AI outstrips regulation and our institutions fall under corporate capture.

We must learn from history and course correct now.

Read our blog ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/give-a-bit-theyll-take-a-megabyte-data-protection-then-and-now/

#DataProtectionDay #dataprotection #privacy #humanrights #DataPrivacyDay

Open Rights Group

Give a bit, they’ll take a megabyte: Data Protection Then and Now