interesting data protection/tech stuff lately

I've been on vacation for a while and just now returned home. Still gotta reply to some e-mails, sorry! But also: Got a huge backlog of interesting data protection stuff to catch up on, and why not write about the most interesting things? ☁️☁️☁️ When you talk to people about data protection and privacy, what they are usually thinking of are social media, ads, and agreeing to share information with 1557 partners in a cookie banner. It's all about the evil big guys. Child surveillance is less in the spotlight, and what's often forgotten is how supposedly "normal" school tech can put child and parent in danger. The need for children to have phones or tablets for school and have an account with several apps with more or less tracking and cloud services interferes with the need for privacy that people leaving abusive situations need. Lots of data harvesting is enabled by default (forbidden in the EEA, but nonetheless ignored sometimes, and still an issue elsewhere), which includes…