[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Jul 9, 2020

• "Google and Fitbit need the European Commission’s approval before they can merge" so Privacy International has put forth this petition to demand the merger, which would give Google access to Fitbit user health data, is blocked. Sign here: [action.privacyinternational.org]
• Facebook allows users to opt-out of political ads, but "the absence of [real] transparency in the context of increasingly data-driven elections concerns users and democracy alike. [This solution] does nothing about the targeting itself," says Privacy International. [privacyinternational.org]
• From CCPA in the United States to New Zealand’s recent amendments to its Privacy Act, governments are continuing to put regulations in place to ensure privacy as an fundamental right. [news.microsoft.com]

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