Wednesday, 4 March 2020 – 19:14:34 CET

Google is moving the data of its UK users over to US servers, evidently to remove it from the jurisdiction of the EU's data protection laws. Is this actually the case? And what does that mean, in concrete terms, for Google users in the UK? Does the GDPR still apply?

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Episode 3: Private Sector Surveillance Bleeding into Government

Tuesday, 18 February 2020 – 18:12:45 CET

According to recent reporting, the US government is using aggregated location data from smartphone apps to track people. What does it mean and how do we protect against it?

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The Private Citizen

A Civil Liberties Podcast

Veteran technology journalist Fabian A. Scherschel covers the most important threats to our personal liberties, privacy rights and freedom of speech. In reporting on these issues, he draws from a decade of experience in reporting on information security topics, mixed with a healthy dose of journalism critique. The show places a particular emphasis on stories and viewpoints that have been ignored in the legacy media.

Episode 5: Google is Moving UK User Data to the US

Episode 3: Private Sector Surveillance Bleeding into Government