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ORG Birmingham

@OpenRightsBrum

Protecting and promoting our digital rights in Birmingham and beyond.

 Birmingham, England
birmingham.openrightsgroup.org/
Joined July 2015
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Join us on next Thursday (5th Dec) at @BOMlab to view @thegreathackdoc - a doc on the Cambridge Analytica / Facebook data scandal. Free entry and refreshments! #cambridgeanalytica #thegreathack meetup.com/ORG-Birmingham/ev…
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Join us this Sunday (12th) @ 4pm for a virtual social where we'll discuss how to build back our local group and possible events next year! DM for access details!
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Link for today's social @ 4pm - meet.jit.si/moderated/de8bba…
Reminder of tonight's screening and workshop. Free entry and refreshments!
ORG Birmingham (@OpenRightsBrum) profile pictureORG Birmingham@OpenRightsBrum2 Dec 2019
With the #GeneralElection2019 campaigning in full swing, now's the perfect time to learn about election manipulation and disinformation. Join us for a screening of The Great Hack @BOMlab this Thursday at 6.30pm! meetup.com/ORG-Birmingham/ev…
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With the #GeneralElection2019 campaigning in full swing, now's the perfect time to learn about election manipulation and disinformation. Join us for a screening of The Great Hack @BOMlab this Thursday at 6.30pm! meetup.com/ORG-Birmingham/ev…
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BOM@BOMlab2 Dec 2019
Come along on Thursday - free screening & workshop from 18:30....
ORG Birmingham (@OpenRightsBrum) profile pictureORG Birmingham@OpenRightsBrum27 Nov 2019
Join us on next Thursday (5th Dec) at @BOMlab to view @thegreathackdoc - a doc on the Cambridge Analytica / Facebook data scandal. Free entry and refreshments! #cambridgeanalytica #thegreathack meetup.com/ORG-Birmingham/ev…
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With the #GeneralElection2019 campaigning in full swing, now's the perfect time to learn about election manipulation and disinformation. Join us for a screening of The Great Hack @BOMlab this Thursday at 6.30pm! meetup.com/ORG-Birmingham/ev…
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Watch #ORGCon2019 LIVE TODAY on our Youtube livestream from 10am to 5pm! youtube.com/watch?v=hjLwFgVR…
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Thanks to the brill @BOMlab, on Mon 24 June, ORG's @jimkillock will help us better understand what the Government's plans to regulate #SocialMedia mean for freedom of expression. Please do join us and invite a friend along, too meetup.com/ORG-Birmingham/ev… #HumanRights
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Join @OpenRightsGroup on Monday 18th March @BOMlab to hear @jimkillock discuss #censorship. meetup.com/ORG-Birmingham/ev…
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Join us tonight @BOMlab café, 6:30pm, to learn from @StatLaw about your #dataprotection rights under #GDPR.
ORG Birmingham (@OpenRightsBrum) profile pictureORG Birmingham@OpenRightsBrum30 Jan 2019
Join @OpenRightsGroup on Monday @BOMlab to hear guest @StatLaw discuss how you can use your rights through GDPR to take control of your own data and pressure companies to treat your personal information and privacy with respect. #GDPR #dataprotection meetup.com/ORG-Birmingham/ev…
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Join @OpenRightsGroup on Monday @BOMlab to hear guest @StatLaw discuss how you can use your rights through GDPR to take control of your own data and pressure companies to treat your personal information and privacy with respect. #GDPR #dataprotection meetup.com/ORG-Birmingham/ev…
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Great to be back again @BOMlab after the. The new cafe is lovely. Leo sharing with us his thoughts on why highly centralised social media platforms are problematic and introducing us to more open alternatives including @MastodonProject
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Hi all, just a friendly reminder that our hiatus is back off again and we'll be holding a meetup tomrrow @BOMlab at 6.30pm. We'll be exploring @MastodonProject and other decentralised alternatives to Facebook and Twitter meetup.com/ORG-Birmingham/ev… Please join us if you can!
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@ProtonPrivacy16 Aug 2018
We’re happy to announce that @openpgpjs, the open source encryption library we maintain and use in ProtonMail, has passed an independent security audit. protonmail.com/blog/openpgpj…
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Google acknowledged today that it continues to track users even after “Location History” is switched off. #dataprotection #privacy #surveillance apnews.com/ef95c6a91eeb4d8e9…
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The proposed rules for #ageverification (AV) on adult websites in the UK don’t have even the basic #privacy protections required for online credit card transactions. Give your MP some holiday homework by linking them to ORG’s full AV briefing. tweet.openrightsgroup.org/tw…
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#privacy #surveillance #digitalrights #dataprotection #GDPR theguardian.com/technology/2…
How to turn off Google's location tracking

How to turn off Google's location tracking

Turning off location history won’t hide where you are when you use search, Maps or weather. Here’s how to stop being tracked

theguardian.com
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bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45…
Google tracks users who turn off location history

Google tracks users who turn off location history

A study from Associated Press suggests that users are still tracked even if they turn off location history.

bbc.co.uk
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Yesterday we launched our appeal challenging police forces’ refusal to disclose information on their purchase and use of #IMSIcatchers. Read our blog to see how we have worked to get the police to be more transparent #freedomofinformation privacyinternational.org/blo…
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