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      <title>Electronic Monitoring and Surveillance in the Workplace</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Electronic Monitoring and Surveillance in the Workplace&#xA;&#xA;Interesting article on Electronic Monitoring and Surveillance in the Workplace published on the JRC Publications Repository&#xA;&#xA;This was posted to Mastodon, with the original post here so feel free to get involved in the conversation.   &#xA;&#xA;Tags&#xA;&#xA;#Electronic,#Monitoring,#Surveillance,#Workplace&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Electronic Monitoring and Surveillance in the Workplace</p>

<p>Interesting article on <a href="https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC125716" rel="nofollow">Electronic Monitoring and Surveillance in the Workplace</a> published on the <a href="https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/" rel="nofollow">JRC Publications Repository</a></p>

<p>This was posted to Mastodon, with the <a href="https://qoto.org/web/accounts/17086" rel="nofollow">original post here</a> so feel free to get involved in the conversation.</p>

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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>International coalition calls for action against surveillance-based advertising</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[International coalition calls for action against surveillance-based advertising&#xA;&#xA;Interesting article,  this fightback has now started, there is hopefully no going back and we will see an end to all this tracking, advertising and other unwanted nonsense.&#xA;&#xA;Groups in Europe and U.S. ask for action to end practices that threaten citizens’ rights. &#xA;&#xA;Every day, consumers are exposed to extensive commercial surveillance online. This leads to manipulation, fraud, discrimination and privacy violations. Information about what we like, our purchases, mental and physical health, sexual orientation, location and political views are collected, combined and used under the guise of targeting advertising.&#xA;``&#xA;You can read the full article at [1].  I have also included a link to a Discourse thread as well as a link to the Data Detox kit. &#xA;&#xA;REFERENCES&#xA;&#xA;1 Article&#xA;Discourse Discussion&#xA;Data Detox Kit&#xA;&#xA;TAGS&#xA;&#xA;#YearOfTheFediverse,,Report,#Threats,#Consumers,#Surveillance,&#xA;#advertising,#Privacy,#Adverts,#Profit,#Digital,#Rights&#xA;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xA;&#xA;img src=&#34;https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/uploads/default/original/1X/6aac842b7ff5c58385a02f3a131c259281be88c8.png&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34; &#xA;&#xA;a rel=&#34;license&#34; href=&#34;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/&#34;img alt=&#34;Creative Commons Licence&#34; style=&#34;border-width:0&#34; src=&#34;https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png&#34; //abr /This work is licensed under a a rel=&#34;license&#34; href=&#34;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/&#34;Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License/a&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>International coalition calls for action against surveillance-based advertising</p>

<p>Interesting article,  this fightback has now started, there is hopefully no going back and we will see an end to all this tracking, advertising and other unwanted nonsense.</p>

<p>**Groups in Europe and U.S. ask for action to end practices that threaten citizens’ rights. **</p>

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Every day, consumers are exposed to extensive commercial surveillance online. This leads to manipulation, fraud, discrimination and privacy violations. Information about what we like, our purchases, mental and physical health, sexual orientation, location and political views are collected, combined and used under the guise of targeting advertising.
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You can read the full article at [1].  I have also included a link to a Discourse thread as well as a link to the Data Detox kit.</p>

<p><strong>REFERENCES</strong></p>

<p>1 <a href="https://www.forbrukerradet.no/side/new-report-details-threats-to-consumers-from-surveillance-based-advertising/" rel="nofollow">Article</a>
2. <a href="https://discourse.qoto.org/t/international-coalition-calls-for-action-against-surveillance-based-advertising/617" rel="nofollow">Discourse Discussion</a>
3. <a href="https://www.datadetoxkit.org/en/home" rel="nofollow">Data Detox Kit</a></p>

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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Bio metric mass surveillance</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Bio metric mass surveillance&#xA;&#xA;More mass surveillance appears to be on the cards, so we need to sign a petition against this,  however if you are in the UK, which has left the EU, then the UK isn&#39;t listed so I have added a link so you can find you local MP and write to them about this.&#xA;&#xA;We need to make sure a similar law does not end up on our statute books.&#xA;&#xA;We aren‘t walking barcodes! Sign the brand new European Citizens‘ Initiative for banning biometric mass surveillance now! &#xA;&#xA;REFERENCES&#xA;&#xA;Campaign petition&#xA;Contact you local MP&#xA;&#xA;TAGS&#xA;&#xA;#Privacy,#Biometric,#EU,#surveillance,#ReclaimYourFace &#xA;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xA;&#xA;img src=&#34;https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/uploads/default/original/1X/6aac842b7ff5c58385a02f3a131c259281be88c8.png&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34; &#xA;&#xA;a rel=&#34;license&#34; href=&#34;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/&#34;img alt=&#34;Creative Commons Licence&#34; style=&#34;border-width:0&#34; src=&#34;https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png&#34; //abr /This work is licensed under a a rel=&#34;license&#34; href=&#34;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/&#34;Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License/a&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bio metric mass surveillance</p>

<p>More mass surveillance appears to be on the cards, so we need to sign a petition against this,  however if you are in the UK, which has left the EU, then the UK isn&#39;t listed so I have added a link so you can find you local MP and write to them about this.</p>

<p>We need to make sure a similar law does not end up on our statute books.</p>

<p>We aren‘t walking barcodes! Sign the brand new European Citizens‘ Initiative for banning biometric mass surveillance now!</p>

<p><strong>REFERENCES</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="https://reclaimyourface.eu" rel="nofollow">Campaign petition</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/contact-an-mp-or-lord/contact-your-mp/" rel="nofollow">Contact you local MP</a></li></ul>

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