@deadinside @Vivaldi

https://vivaldi.com/privacy/browser/#:~:text=Type%20and%20purpose%20of%20data%20collected%20by%20Vivaldi%20AS

and also

https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/privacy/how-we-count-our-users/

BUT

https://vivaldi.com/privacy/browser/#:~:text=We%20do%20not%20share%20or%20sell%20information%20to%20any%20third%20party

#VivaldiBrowser #VivaldiTechnologies #Vivaldi #dataCollection #identification #browser_identification #privacy #dataPrivacy #privacyMatters

@WildEnte @Hu

TY, I didn't have this one #bookmarked, neither knew so much about this #topic till now.

#VivaldiBrowser #VivaldiTechnologies #Vivaldi #dataCollection #identification #browser_identification #privacy #dataPrivacy #privacyMatters #browser #browsers #WebBrowsers

What's new in #ArcGIS Field #Maps (25.2.0 release) https://tinyurl.com/2bydpbv7

#FieldOperations #mobile #GIS #DataCollection #esri #mapping #ArcGISApps #GISchat #geospatial @esri @esrifederalgovt @esrislgov @arcgisapps @esritraining @urisa

In 1 week, @esri webinar, #ArcGIS Field #Maps: Discover New Ways to Streamline #FieldOperations https://tinyurl.com/4krerwzb

#mobile #GIS #DataCollection #esri #mapping #fieldwork @esrifederalgovt @esrislgov @arcgisapps @esritraining @urisa

People are really, really stupid.

I have no hope.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/24/neon-the-no-2-social-app-on-the-apple-app-store-pays-users-to-record-their-phone-calls-and-sells-data-to-ai-firms/

#AI #Privacy #Data #DataCollection #Neon #iOS #Apple

What's New in #ArcGISSurvey123 (Sept 2025) https://tinyurl.com/3kynys3w

#survey #forms #DataCollection #mobile #GIS #esri #arcgis #GISchat #geospatial @esri @esrifederalgovt @esrislgov @arcgisapps @esritraining @urisa

These 2 things are contradictions. Can you just not collect anything, ever? Thanks!

#cookies #datacollection #dataharvesting #gdpr #privacy #surveillancecaptialism

The Opt Me Out Act (AB 566) is waiting for Gavin Newsome's signature. It would require that browsers must offer a user-configurable setting for a global opt-out signal, make opting out of online data collection the default, etc.

Probably not going to solve all privacy concerns, but certainly a step in the right direction.

Consumer Reports made a handy form to send an email to Newsome asking that he sign the bill, if you'd like to give it a boost:

https://act.consumerreports.org/vw4BJEB #privacy #datacollection #california

TikTok leads data collection surge as AI training reshapes scraping landscape: TikTok jumped to number one among most scraped websites in 2025 as companies collect diverse content for AI training, with video platforms now representing 38% of all scraping activity. https://ppc.land/tiktok-leads-data-collection-surge-as-ai-training-reshapes-scraping-landscape/ #TikTok #DataCollection #AITraining #WebScraping #VideoPlatforms

TikTok leads data collection surge as AI training reshapes scraping landscape https://ppc.land/tiktok-leads-data-collection-surge-as-ai-training-reshapes-scraping-landscape/ #TikTok #DataCollection #AITraining #WebScraping #VideoPlatforms

🤣 Google 剛通知我要把帳戶從巴拿馬「遷移」到德國，因為這破公司判定我「常年居住德國」
現實：我只是一直開著 Proton VPN 連德國節點保護隱私而已，根本沒去過德國 😅
更搞笑的是我基本上不怎麼用 Google 服務，我用 Startpage、Disroot、Proton Drive、CoMaps 等替代品，Google 花大力氣分析一個幾乎不存在的使用者，然後得出完全錯誤的結論，還要正式發郵件通知我這個「重大發現」😂
最離譜的是這次「遷移」還會把我的賬號換成愛爾蘭的公司，讓我享受到 GDPR 和 BDSG？所以 Google 的錯誤判斷實際上給了我更強的隱私權利，這就像小偷闖你家結果幫你修門鎖一樣逆天 🤡
世界上最先進的數據分析公司被一個簡單的 VPN 完全耍了，還以為自己很牛逼然後幫我提升了隱私保護等級，媽的笑死我了哈哈哈哈，感謝 Google 證明我的隱私策略有多成功，這大概就是傳說中的「人工智障」吧 🙃
@board #Google #Privacy #GDPR #BigTech #DataCollection #TechFail #Irony

US Labor Department launches investigation into economic data accuracy

The U.S. Department of Labor’s internal watchdog has initiated an investigation into how the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collects jobs and inflation data. This comes after the White House sharply criticized the agency, and revisions to job growth figures showed weaker-than-expected results. The... [More info]

A New Geodatabase Of Fuel Treatments Across Federal Lands In The USA
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05859-z <-- shared paper
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https://nft.garphub.org/ <-- National Fuels Treatments Initiative (NFT) page
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“The National Fuels Treatments Initiative (NFT) is a collaborative, scalable data collection effort which aims to build a standardized map of nationwide fuels treatment locations occurring across all land ownership types…”
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#NationalFuelsTreatmentsInitiative #NFT #datacollection #fedscience #fedservice #opendata #fire #fuel #fedopendata #wildfire #bushfire #risk #hazard #damage #infrastructure #GIS #spatial #map #mapping #economics #publicgood #landownership #federalland #mitigation #technical #database #naturalhazard #infrastructure #residential #transportation #accessibility #portal #online #coordination #teatment #WildfireInteragencyGeodatabase #TWIG #nation #nationwide #management #landuse #landcover #policy #research #spatialdata
@DOI @USFS @USGS

A class of nearly 100 million #Google users claimed the tech giant #secretly collected data even after they #disabled #datacollection in their Google account #privacy preferences. https://www.courthousenews.com/jury-slams-google-over-app-data-collection-to-tune-of-425-million/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

In 1 week, @esri webinar: Get Started with #ArcGIS in #Forest Management https://tinyurl.com/432tft25

#forestry #DataCollection #mobile #GIS #fieldwork #esri #mapping #GISchat #geospatial @esrislgov @esritraining @arcgisapps @urisa

Your illegally leaked/collected #data is legally for sale. Plan accordingly.

#datacollection #leaked #leakeddata #databroker #databreach

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/just-50-u-data-broker-134610329.html

Connected Cars: Understanding Data Privacy, Cybersecurity Risks, and User Control

#AutomotiveData #ConnectedCars #DataCollection #DataPrivacy #Personaldata
https://blazetrends.com/connected-cars-understanding-data-privacy-cybersecurity-risks-and-user-control/?fsp_sid=101714

"The Austrian Federal Administrative Court on Monday said that newspaper Der Standard violated the EU’s data protection rules when introducing a "pay or OK” model on its website, confirming an earlier decision by Austria’s Data Protection Authority (DSB).

This "pay or OK" approach – introduced on the newspaper’s website when the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in 2018 – gives users a choice between paying a monthly €9,90 fee to access the website without having their data tracked, or giving consent to data collection and processing for targeted advertising.

The Austrian privacy watchdog already said in its decision in 2023, that the approach of one of Austria's most-read newspapers was unlawful, as it only allowed a global consent or rejection. The EU's privacy law requires the option to consent to specific types of processing.

Der Standard appealed this decision and argued that such a "granular" consent is not doable in a "pay or OK" system, as it required tracking and statistics to sell its advertisement in the non-paid version."

https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/08/19/austrian-newspapers-pay-or-consent-model-violates-eu-privacy-rules-court

#EU #GDPR #DataProtection #Privacy #PayOrOK #DataCollection #AdTargeting #Austria

Data war risks creating false calm
"BLS #payrolls #data .. has been under scrutiny for years, not because of fears of bias, but because of low #survey #response rates & delays, which hv often resulted in large changes to past data. Te most recent report contained one of te biggest downward #revisions in decades.. What's more, similar questns abt #datacollection hv been lobbed at te #BLS regard'g its compilation of #monthly #consumer & #producer #price reports" #integrity
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/3089191/data-war-risks-creating-false-calm

🍏🔒 Oh, look! #Apple is secretly collecting your data without consent, because who needs #privacy in 2023? 🤷‍♂️ Meanwhile, iOS 18.5 is the new spy in your pocket, bypassing security like a boss. But hey, at least your code is safe with GitHub Copilot – because privacy is so 2010. 🙃
https://github.com/JGoyd/iOS-18.5-Bluetooth-Privacy-Vuln #DataCollection #iOS18 #GitHubCopilot #DigitalPrivacy #HackerNews #ngated