Digital Privacy Apéro − Privacy & the pandemic – Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Digital Privacy Apéro − Privacy & the pandemic – Wednesday, November 11, 2020

This event will take place online. Sign in to https://​bbb​.open​cloud​.lu/​b​/​c​h​r​-​o​t​l​-​b​g​s-qgw Locked Down — or how a pandemic makes us understand what social and digital exclusion means. With Covid-19 forcing populations into lockdown across Europe and the world, many people, young and old, have experienced isolation,…

Digital privacy apéro: Privacy & the pandemic – Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Digital privacy apéro: Privacy & the pandemic – Wednesday, September 30, 2020

As per the organisers’ request, this event will take place online. Sign in to: https://bbb.opencloud.lu/b/chr-otl-bgs-qgw How has the pandemic affected privacy? Is there a “new normal” for our rights? Take a deep dive into what we can expect going forward as the world adapts to…

Delano Live Chat: Data protection & online privacy replay

Delano Live Chat: Data protection & online privacy replay

Find the replay of the live chat here https://delano.lu/d/detail/news/live-chat-data-protection-online-privacy/211408 (scroll down)

Delano Live chat: Data protection & online privacy – 26 August 2020

Delano Live chat: Data protection & online privacy – 26 August 2020

You may ask, “what’s the worst that could happen to my data?”   Certain online privacy abuses are deeply disturbing. During this online interview, Chris Pinchen, a computer security researcher and digital literacy trainer at The Privacy Agency, will share some of the unsettling ways…

Crypto Apero S03E05: Fake News and Privacy In The Time of Corona

Crypto Apero S03E05: Fake News and Privacy In The Time of Corona

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus everyone has probably experienced a fair bit of information hoaxes and fake news about the virus on the net. Some are thigh-slappers, some threaten lives. In this Crypto-Apéro we’ll look at some of the ways to spot hoaxes and…

Next ONLINE Digital Privacy Salon 31/03/20: Hoax & Coronavirus

Next ONLINE Digital Privacy Salon 31/03/20: Hoax & Coronavirus

DUE TO THE CURRENT SITUATION, THIS SALON WILL BE ONLINE – THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED ON THE DAY WITH THE LINK TO ATTEND Hoaxes are always spreading but we are seeing a huge amount at the moment relating to Coronvirus. Also there is a…

Crypto Apero S03E04: Living With The Enemy Edition

Crypto Apero S03E04: Living With The Enemy Edition

The Internet as we know it has been created predominantly by people that are often described as “Brogrammers” – straight, white middle class males who tend to share similar interests and world view. But what is it like to use the Internet when you do…

Privacy Salon report on RTL

Privacy Salon report on RTL

RTL came to the latest Privacy Salon and filmed this report which you can see at https://www.rtl.lu/tele/de-magazin/v/3196095.html

Understanding manipul@tion: a better internet starts with you!

Understanding manipul@tion: a better internet starts with you!

On Safer Internet Day, February 11th, myself and Raphael Vinot were the speakers at the Representation of the European Commission in Luxembourg: Internet access is essential to study, to work and to be informed. However, 90% of Europeans are worried about the threat to democracies…

Youth work in digital era workshop

Youth work in digital era workshop

(image by Katharina Blum https://twitter.com/btlgngsmdrtrn/status/1218113105324126209) On January 16th I gave 2 workshops at the “Youth work in digital era” conference organised by the Service National de la Jeunesse of Luxembourg. Workshop description: Browsing and evaluating information Young people are subjected to a huge flow of…