Like to #play alone? #Ubisoft is still watching you!

source: noyb.eu/en/play-alone-ubisoft-…

Among other things, the company collects data about when you start a #game, for how long you play it and when you close it. Even after the complainant explicitly asked why he is forced to be #online, Ubisoft failed to disclose why this is going on. Under Article 6(1) #GDPR, there seems to be no valid legal basis to randomly collect such user data.

#gamer #problem #internet #computer #bigbrother #surveillance #user #law #privacy #news

Like to play alone? Ubisoft is still watching you!

Ubisoft forces people to connect to the internet before they can play a single player game

^noyb.eu

#EU fines #Apple €500M and #Meta €200M for breaking #Europe’s #digital rules

source: politico.eu/article/eu-fines-a…

Apple faces a €500 million fine for breaching the regulation’s rules for app stores, while Meta drew a penalty of €200 million for its "pay or consent" advertising model, which requires that European Union users pay to access ad-free versions of #Facebook and #Instagram.

#internet #online #news #law #economy #advertisement #monopoly #user

EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for breaking Europe’s digital rules

The highly anticipated penalties are the first to be issued under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act.

^{Jacob Parry (POLITICO)}

#Linux #User #Groups:

Die Unterstützung von #Linux-Einsteiger:innen ist wichtig und sinnvoll. Oft reicht die Vermittlung von ersten Schritten und der Verweis auf helfende Organisationen.

gnulinux.ch/linux-user-groups

Linux User Groups

Die Unterstützung von Linux-Einsteiger:innen ist wichtig und sinnvoll. Oft reicht die Vermittlung von ersten Schritten und der Verweis auf helfende Organisationen.

^GNU/Linux.ch

After #community #protest: #Firefox #update on their "Terms of Use"

Source: blog.mozilla.org/en/products/f…

Our intent was just to be as clear as possible about how we make Firefox work, but in doing so we also created some #confusion and #concern. With that in mind, we’re updating the language to more clearly reflect the limited scope of how #Mozilla interacts with #user #data.

#news #Software #privacy #security #internet #Browser #Problem #www #web #freedom

An update on our Terms of Use

We’ve been listening to some of our community’s concerns with parts of the TOU, specifically about licensing. Our intent was just to be as clear as possible about how we make Firefox work, but in doing so we also created some confusion and concern.

^{Jenifer Boscacci (The Mozilla Blog)}