Cyber-privacy & Cyber-crime

An unnamed woman in the Netherlands was upset that her mother posted photos of her children on Facebook and Pinterest, and demanded she take them down. The grandmother refused multiple requests, so her daughter took her to court, citing the European Union’s GDPR — the General Data Protection Regulation, an online privacy law. 

The judge in the case sided with the middle generation: the grandmother must take the photos down, or face a 50 euro (US$56) fine — per day — and if she posts any other photos of the children without the parents’ permission, those photos would also be subject to the fine. 

“I think the ruling will surprise a lot of people who probably don’t think too much before they tweet or post photos,” said tech attorney Neil Brown of British law firm decoded.legal. And if someone wants their photo taken down, then “the reasonable thing — the human thing — to do, is to go and take them down.” (RC/BBC) ...You know things have gotten bad when lawyers have to point out “the human thing to do.”

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COVID-19: Interview with Christian Drosten

From Spiegel on line

An interesting interview that gives an insight into the way the pandemic has been managed in Germany and, also, what the challenges and threats ahead are. 

You will notice the matter-of-fact tone of the interviewee, who tells it as it is. And he is not scared of the popular press and says it clearly. This is to his credit. 

I think we could do, everywhere in the world, with a bit more of all that. 

https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/virologist-christian-drosten-we-managed-to-stop-a-pandemic-wave-with-relatively-mild-measures-a-39a8ea77-ec87-4b34-9996-c94ff07c5659?sara_ecid=nl_upd_1jtzCCtmxpVo9GAZr2b4X8GquyeAc9&nlid=bfjpqhxz