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Now with a link - my piece for @privacyint in @POLITICOEurope 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. https://www.politico.eu/article/privacy-is-power-opinion-data-gdpr/Frederike Kaltheuner
As recent scandals have illustrated so vividly, privacy is also about the autonomy, dignity, and self-determination of people – and it’s a necessary precondition for democracy.
Frederike Kaltheuner of Privacy International wrote a brilliant op-ed for Politico: “Privacy is power”