[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Feb 11, 2021

• EU Citizens' Rights Are Under Threat From Anti-Encryption Proposals [protonmail.com]
  End-to-end encryption in the EU is at risk. We support the joint statement by ProtonMail, Threema, Tresorit and Tutanota opposing a December 2020 resolution paving the way for encryption backdoors. "Data is either encrypted or it isn’t".
• Why You Should Change This TikTok ‘Phone Tracking’ Setting [forbes.com]
  If you have TikTok, it's highly likely they have your phone number, which is a gold mine that allows the platform to track users “across apps and websites used by other companies." Zak Doffman explains how to get your number removed.
• How to Make Google and Facebook Care About Privacy [bloomberg.com]
  Facebook and Google don't care about fines, so Cathy O'Neil says regulators should hit them where it hurts: "The most valuable assets — the algorithms that Facebook developed from the misappropriated data — remain intact."
• What We Learned From Apple's New Privacy Labels [nytimes.com]
  As you may have seen, Apple's Privacy Labels have landed in the App Store. Brian X. Chen breaks down how to read them.
• Why a Tweet From California's AG About a Global Privacy Tool Has Companies Scrambling [digiday.com]
  Global Privacy Control (GPC) means "companies doing business in California that don't respect the browser opt-out request will be subject to consumer complaints or compliance enforcement…"
  Turn on the GPC setting by default with DuckDuckGo.
• Clearview AI Ruled 'Illegal' by Canadian Privacy Authorities [techcrunch.com]
  Quacking for Canada's privacy win! Clearview AI's facial recognition app is mass surveillance and illegal, says Daniel Therrien from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. “It is an affront to individuals’ privacy rights and inflicts broad-based harm on all members of society.”
• DHS Sued Over Its Social Media Surveillance Tactics [gizmodo.com]
  The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is being sued by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) for failing to respond to requests re: their "data hoovering practices," tapping into US citizenship applicants' social media accounts.

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