The Texas senator blocked a bill that would have prevented data brokers from selling personal data on anyone in the United States, and not just federal lawmakers and government officials.
Other than this, i dont understand how so many politicians around the world do not understand the importance of privacy rights? The size and number of data breaches that have been happening lately has been skyrocketing and I am genuinely baffled how anyone can think it is a good idea to force people (like they are in the UK currently) to submit very sensitive IDs like passports or driver’s licenses to the governments when… yeah, the UK government had a breach very recently with tons of data leaked…
Laws governing data privacy and corporation collection of information should have been very strictly regulated in the very early 2000s, we are fucking super late in the game.
Other than this, i dont understand how so many politicians around the world do not understand the importance of privacy rights? The size and number of data breaches that have been happening lately has been skyrocketing and I am genuinely baffled how anyone can think it is a good idea to force people (like they are in the UK currently) to submit very sensitive IDs like passports or driver’s licenses to the governments when… yeah, the UK government had a breach very recently with tons of data leaked…
Laws governing data privacy and corporation collection of information should have been very strictly regulated in the very early 2000s, we are fucking super late in the game.
They do understand their importance. They understand that they have to suppress those rights to continue in power.
Additionally, they understand that a fundamental lack of privacy is great for security and ultimately, their wallets.
Security for who?
Those in power