PrivacyPod #12: Take a Chance on Facebook’s Smart Glasses

This week we discuss at length Facebook launching “Ray-Ban Stories” – cool-looking sunglasses, but just slightly on the creepy side when it comes to privacy. It was also reported last week that Facebook is able to read your Whatsapp messages, but at closer scrutiny the story isn’t as straight-forward as that. And lastly, in the light of the messages coming from the UK on updating their privacy rules, we would like to ask: privacy colleagues in the UK, are you OK?   Facebook launching “Ray-Ban Stories” https://about.fb.com/news/2021/09/introducing-ray-ban-stories-smart-glasses/   Facebook reads your Whatsapp messages – or does it? https://www-businessinsider-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.businessinsider.com/facebook-reads-whatsapp-messages-encryption-2021-9?amp   Class action against TikTok in the Netherlands https://siliconcanals.com/news/tiktok-in-a-6b-class-action-lawsuit/    UK’s New Direction for Data Protection https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1016395/Data_Reform_Consultation_Document__Accessible_.pdf   ICO calls on G7 countries to reform cookie rules https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2021/09/ico-to-call-on-g7-countries-to-tackle-cookie-pop-ups-challenge/   CNIL sanction for retention times https://edpb.europa.eu/news/national-news/2021/french-dpa-175-million-penalty-against-ag2r-la-mondiale_de   Germany’s sovereign cloud https://fortune.com/2021/09/08/germany-sovereign-cloud-google-t-systems/   Critique – once again – on the Irish DPA https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/2021-gdpr-report/     We’d love to get feedback – so please tag us, follow us, DM us… or send us traditional email: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodPrivacy, #privacypod Instagram: @privacypod LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tietosuojapod/about/ Email: [email protected]