[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Aug 26, 2021

• China Passes One of the World's Strictest Data-Privacy Laws [wsj.com]
  While China's passing of a strict privacy law pushing back on technology companies' data collection is a big win for Chinese citizens, unfortunately, it does not extend to the state's widespread surveillance. Eva Xiao reports.
  
• Suburbs of Surveillance [bloomberg.com]
  Flock Safety, a company providing license plate readers in neighborhoods and allowing individuals to search for vehicles based on make, model, color, etc in a database, is raising concerns. Privacy advocates fear it's "the latest way individuals are trading away their -and potentially their neighbors'- personal information."
  
• What to Do If You're Concerned About the T-Mobile Data Breach [consumerreports.org]
  Last week, T-Mobile reported a large data breach that resulted in nearly 50 million consumers having their personal data compromised. Allen St. John shares how to protect yourself, including freezing credit, using multi-factor authentication, and more.
  
• How The Daily Wire Uses Facebook's Targeted Advertising to Build Its Brand [themarkup.org]
  We've all seen the impact of Facebook and politics. The Markup goes in-depth on how Facebook's targeted advertising tools are still being used to "pinpoint users" for political messages.
  
• New York City's Vaccine Passport Plan Renews Online Privacy Debate [nytimes.com]
  As vaccine passports become a thing, we need to establish strict privacy standards. Erin Woo and Kellen Browning investigate how some apps are thinking about protecting users' data long term.
  

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