Anyhow, the office of the modern Ombudsman was around 1241 invented in Sweden and because it was successful other countries followed suit.
The Ombudsman is an impartial officer or public advocate that will investigate complaints.
They usually have a mandate for a particular field of expertise, in this case privacy infractions on EU civilians, and the mandate will also specify how serious their ruling is going to be.
Usually he will attempt to resolve the conflict by mediation, some can give binding instructions.
First, there is nothing fascist about most EU countries and certainly not about the EU itself.
And no, it's not everywhere you pay a TV licence, here in The Netherlands it was scrapped years ago and the money for the public broadcasters is now coming from the state budget.
As has been said for so long, checking on the licences was expensive and virtually everyone watches TV anyway.
Now, I believe a lot of people will agree with me that the BBC is doing a damn good job with the rather high licence money they get, keep it up:)
Over here in The Netherlands there is an upcoming court case of the largest Dutch consumer organisation against the largest phone seller Samsung.
They want the court to force Samsung to offer updates for at least 2 years after the last phone of a model has been available, presently it's at best 2 years since it appeared on the market.
There is a good chance of winning as EU law stipulates a minimum warranty of 2 years.
Once it has been decided in one EU country and for the largest manufacturer it should enforced for all brands.
From the summary: "100 nanometers, about one inch, half an inch, 70 centimeters, 60 tons.
Now it might 'only' be in the resume of this story but we should have learned many years ago that mixing of units of measurements is almost guaranteeing a failure.
Think of teen pregnancies, single mothers, gun cult & subsequent number of victims, inefficient use of power generated, lack of language skills = problems communicating with or understanding of different cultures, not knowing geography outside of home county, relying on force instead of wits, lots of creationists etc, etc.
And yet, all in all very nice people in a great country with a fantastic, positive and probably unrivalled drive to make tomorrow better than today.
Now we just have to agree on what this 'better' encompasses...
Indeed, companies need to have a written policy that has been read, agreed on and signed for by the employee.
Up north here in The Netherlands that policy has to be vetted and agreed upon by the Works Council and any time the employer has reason to snoop on the covered means of communication he has to inform (not consult!) the Works Council.
In this particular case there was a company policy, the Yahoo Messenger account was set up specifically for client contact and the employee lied when asked if he used it for private conversations.
So yes, in the EU an employer can monitor but only on his equipment and his accounts and after warning the employee this might happen.
This includes things like setting up hidden and publicly visible cameras.
And then there is this other typical European rule, like so many things this invasion of privacy has to be proportional, blanket monitoring is not automatically allowed, there has to be a good reason.
It is a typical Google thing, they need the info on your living habits so as to 'improve' your experience with the targeted advertisers.
Plus they like to know when you're home, at what time you go to bed, all deductible from your heating pattern.
I'd be damned to let such a simple appliance run through a middle man that lives off my data, especially because there are privacy respecting alternatives.
Behind the comms there will still be numbers or codes to lead to the address.
I'd be damned to use Facebook's spying services when I don't even have to log in or go to a specific site or app to press a pre-set button and make a call.
Or simply scan through my address book, click on the name and talk.
You correctly repeated my remark about what cruise control is not.
I agree with your analysis of the impossibility to (suddenly) hand control over from an auto-driving vehicle.
What I tried to say with my cruise control example is that manufacturers are already selecting the safe option, in case of autonomous cars it'll no doubt include slowing down and finding 'a safe shut down'.
A step further, I do not see a future for autonomous vehicles without them being in constant contact with each other like a swarm or shoal.
Which leaves to address non-vehicle and non-networked obstacles.
Yes it is the differing rotation of the wheels (with traction control) that cuts off the cruise control and it won't come back on by itself.
Now a cruise control is no where near an auto-pilot but it shows the manufacturers are in case of trouble already handing control back to the driver.
Who cares?
Just click on the Continue to site button and the first thing you see is the gleaming face of the only well fed North Korean.
I've got uBlock Origin and Ghostery to take care of most of the tracking.
Though disabling Javascript delivers a white page.
The picture speaks for itself:)
The sign points to the grey side as 'Abroad' and the colourful side as 'Homeland'.
That's where the Russian bears live...
Slashdot Mirror
Ever heard of Google search? This is where it might lead you:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Anyhow, the office of the modern Ombudsman was around 1241 invented in Sweden and because it was successful other countries followed suit. The Ombudsman is an impartial officer or public advocate that will investigate complaints.
They usually have a mandate for a particular field of expertise, in this case privacy infractions on EU civilians, and the mandate will also specify how serious their ruling is going to be.
Usually he will attempt to resolve the conflict by mediation, some can give binding instructions.
First, there is nothing fascist about most EU countries and certainly not about the EU itself.
:)
And no, it's not everywhere you pay a TV licence, here in The Netherlands it was scrapped years ago and the money for the public broadcasters is now coming from the state budget.
As has been said for so long, checking on the licences was expensive and virtually everyone watches TV anyway.
Now, I believe a lot of people will agree with me that the BBC is doing a damn good job with the rather high licence money they get, keep it up
Over here in The Netherlands there is an upcoming court case of the largest Dutch consumer organisation against the largest phone seller Samsung.
They want the court to force Samsung to offer updates for at least 2 years after the last phone of a model has been available, presently it's at best 2 years since it appeared on the market.
There is a good chance of winning as EU law stipulates a minimum warranty of 2 years.
Once it has been decided in one EU country and for the largest manufacturer it should enforced for all brands.
You are sooo unfashionable, these days even camera's have WIFI to share their pics.
Between phone and laptop we use KDEConnect over WIFI.
I supposed the important difference is called 'Support'.
Linux has for many years proven itself as a great Kernel and with good support of the GNU stuff it makes a great OS.
From the summary: "100 nanometers, about one inch, half an inch, 70 centimeters, 60 tons.
Now it might 'only' be in the resume of this story but we should have learned many years ago that mixing of units of measurements is almost guaranteeing a failure.
+1
Yes but the sub titling and translations of all that US content doesn't come for free!
Every way, no of course not.
:)
But in some or even many ways
Think of teen pregnancies, single mothers, gun cult & subsequent number of victims, inefficient use of power generated, lack of language skills = problems communicating with or understanding of different cultures, not knowing geography outside of home county, relying on force instead of wits, lots of creationists etc, etc.
And yet, all in all very nice people in a great country with a fantastic, positive and probably unrivalled drive to make tomorrow better than today.
Now we just have to agree on what this 'better' encompasses...
Being lazy I've gone this way:
https://www.safer-networking.o...
Indeed, companies need to have a written policy that has been read, agreed on and signed for by the employee.
Up north here in The Netherlands that policy has to be vetted and agreed upon by the Works Council and any time the employer has reason to snoop on the covered means of communication he has to inform (not consult!) the Works Council.
In this particular case there was a company policy, the Yahoo Messenger account was set up specifically for client contact and the employee lied when asked if he used it for private conversations.
So yes, in the EU an employer can monitor but only on his equipment and his accounts and after warning the employee this might happen.
This includes things like setting up hidden and publicly visible cameras.
And then there is this other typical European rule, like so many things this invasion of privacy has to be proportional, blanket monitoring is not automatically allowed, there has to be a good reason.
Such a factor was when asked he lied about it.
It is a typical Google thing, they need the info on your living habits so as to 'improve' your experience with the targeted advertisers.
Plus they like to know when you're home, at what time you go to bed, all deductible from your heating pattern.
I'd be damned to let such a simple appliance run through a middle man that lives off my data, especially because there are privacy respecting alternatives.
Virtually everyone that I know, it's the standard over here.
Did IP numbers disappear?
Behind the comms there will still be numbers or codes to lead to the address.
I'd be damned to use Facebook's spying services when I don't even have to log in or go to a specific site or app to press a pre-set button and make a call.
Or simply scan through my address book, click on the name and talk.
China would be so proud.
And see a business opportunity to sell the mandated kind of phones :)
You correctly repeated my remark about what cruise control is not.
I agree with your analysis of the impossibility to (suddenly) hand control over from an auto-driving vehicle.
What I tried to say with my cruise control example is that manufacturers are already selecting the safe option, in case of autonomous cars it'll no doubt include slowing down and finding 'a safe shut down'.
A step further, I do not see a future for autonomous vehicles without them being in constant contact with each other like a swarm or shoal.
Which leaves to address non-vehicle and non-networked obstacles.
Yes it is the differing rotation of the wheels (with traction control) that cuts off the cruise control and it won't come back on by itself.
Now a cruise control is no where near an auto-pilot but it shows the manufacturers are in case of trouble already handing control back to the driver.
Have you been living under a stone the over past few days?
Just follow the first link or use DuckDuckGo.
Who cares?
Just click on the Continue to site button and the first thing you see is the gleaming face of the only well fed North Korean.
I've got uBlock Origin and Ghostery to take care of most of the tracking.
Though disabling Javascript delivers a white page.
I know my Nissan's cruise control switches off when it detects a slippery road.
<quote>Software is never complete or bug free. Use at your own risk.</quote> :)
Yeah right
// A hello world program in C++
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
cout << "Hello World!";
return 0;
}
Looks like the original Sputnik.
I had to look up Tokyo Rose, I knew Vietnam Rose and the latter seems for well educated people more infectious.
The picture speaks for itself :)
The sign points to the grey side as 'Abroad' and the colourful side as 'Homeland'.
That's where the Russian bears live...