May 2018

OpenMapTiles allows for efficient self-hosting of embeddable OSM maps without significant resource requirements and with reasonable effort for a web professional.

"Privacy was once misconstrued as being about hiding and secrecy. Now it’s understood to be something much more pressing: power dynamics between the individual, the state and the market."

Let’s not bury this under “achievement unlocked by May 25” but use the momentum to work on new ideas how to proceed from here. Likely everybody had to take shortcuts in recent weeks. Now, with pressure off, is the time to share what we have learned – and continue to keep working on new ideas for privacy first, compliance second.

"Data Ethics" is an inspiring book making the case for ethical design of businesses and products; PDF now available for free

A detailed walk-through of the design process behind juro.com’s acclaimed attempt to create a user-centered privacy policy document (see here) through a rigorous legal design process.

10 more days to go, and we will assemble for an evening to discuss and work on improving the privacy of our websites (for real, not for "GDPR compliance").

Daniel, thank you for your elaborate response to my article on “The Indieweb privacy challenge”. As I explicitly state whenever writing about the GDPR: I am not a lawyer. In recent months, I spent more hours on legal research and debates than many […]

With privacy on the agenda everywhere (aka. “last-minute GDPR panic”), I regularly receive inquiries about my implementation of some Indieweb features on this website. I have always been openly enthusiastic about the long overdue regulation of the […]