Taking a break from digital privacy news, online engagement in discussion groups and testing new privacy tools can be a positive, healthy experience.
https://theprivacydad.com/its-ok-to-take-a-break-from-thinking-about-digital-privacy/
"Therefore, time control is not merely a technical necessity but the fundamental prerequisite for exercising genuine digital sovereignty."
https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/18/time-the-cornerstone-of-digital-sovereignty-and-independence/…
The Making of a Global Digital Rulebook. Digital Sovereignty and International Action in the EU.
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Ireland = Big Tech’s bitch
EU = ?
“AI: EU Member States plan ‘digital expropriation’ of Europeans in the interest of AI companies
In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental right to data protection. Use of personal data ‘in the context of AI’ should automatically be lawful. There seems to be wide informal agreement by many M…
FPF at the Singapore Data Festival 2026: Agentic AI, Biometrics, and the Future of Digital Trust in APAC
https://fpf.org/blog/fpf-at-the-singapore-data-festival-2026-agentic-ai-biometrics-and-the-future-of-digital-tru…
Bundesbank: Wero und digitalen Euro verzahnen
Europa will beim Bezahlen unabhängiger von den USA werden. Ein Angebot gibt es bereits, an einem zweiten feilen die Notenbanken. Nun mahnt die Bundesbank.
https://www.