ErnieApp – Privacy Knowledge Manager

Facebook and San Marino

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Facebook fined another 4 million euro for violating user’s privacy by  San Marino Data Protection Authority. No further appeal possible Read >>> full article <<<

Does Google auction daily your geolocations? Yes

Personal and Location Data

Google Location History ‘View’ is the new functionality in ErnieApp that you can use to discover how Google sell to advertisers the ‘places list’ you’ve been. Open the app and click on the little ‘eye’ icon under Google Geolocation to find out.

Privacy take-up in Africa

Africa

The comprehensive data protection laws in Africa share many features that exist in other regimes such as the GDPR, China’s Personal Information Protection Law, and California’s California Consumer Privacy Protection Act and its successor, the California Privacy Rights Act. For example, with respect to the most common rights of data subjects, 33 African countries provide […]

ErnieApp 4.0 coming!

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Are you ready for ErnieApp 4.0? We’re getting closer and closer to app 4.0 release. Among other things it will empower you to discover how Google monetize your profile online. True Google says it doesn’t sell your personal data or location history to advertisers but in fact it auctions off your profile via key words […]

October 2022 – Prize Draw Winner Announcement

Game-winners

ErnieApp is happy to announce the winner of the October 2022 Prize Draw edition (25€ Amazon Gift Card). The lucky winner is Mattia G. Well done Mattia! Mattia is a member of the ErnieApp community which continues to grow and expand beyond European geographies. We can now account new active users in Mexico, Unites States […]

October 2022 – Prize Draw Winner Announcement

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ErnieApp is happy to announce the winner of the October 2022 Prize Draw edition (25€ Amazon Gift Card). The lucky winner is Giuseppina Gallo. Well done Giuseppina! Giuseppina is a member of the ErnieApp community which continues to grow and expand beyond European geographies. We can now account new active users in Mexico, Unites States […]

Who is the winner of the 5G Xiaomi smartphone?

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The winner is Gianni Mascia from Italy! Congrats to Gianni and thank to all participants. The monthly Prize draw continues. Have you completed the Ernie game 5 playgrounds? Which skills level have you reached ?  Be wise. Learn by playing how companies exploit your data.  Then apply your privacy and consent preferences as you ‘wish’.

US Discord social media platform fined 800,000€

Discord 29 Nov 2022

US Discord social media platform fined 800,000€ by French data protection agency CNIL for failing to comply with GDPR. Let’s build on this and other fines announcements to make our case. Let’s call for appropriate privacy settings design on all apps that we love and use daily. It is our right to easily manage control […]

Pixalates-Q3-2022 Missing Privacy Policy Report for Google and Apple

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45% of mobile apps are likely child directed. The State of California has decided to tweak a new stricter privacy regulation to protect children online and it will enforce it across all apps and not just to apps designed for children (already covered by COPPA). California leads the US privacy standard. And it’s very close […]

European Internet Forum – The Data Act

European Internet Forum

Your data are becoming very valuable for you. Companies need your express consent to collect data about you and exploit them. The tech market valuations of companies monetizing people’s data is on the verge to collapse because of the mounting number of users who ‘reject all’ cookies plus deny consent to personal data collection and […]