It extends much, MUCH further than is currently being talked about in the mainstream media (MSM).

Put your tin hats on . . . but 'Echelon' has existed for nearly 50yrs now, & most folk are still flummoxed about it.

An old buddy of mine is quite senior in a popular credit reference agency. You can request a copy of the info they hold on you & you may well think that is all the info they hold on you. What you are given is the info that they are legally obliged to give you . . . which is but a fraction of all of the info they have on you.

even this page quietly accesses facebook – thus (a) FB knows you have an interest in ME, (b) quite likely your unique ID that mytimemedia has so can allow login is passed on as well – as FB is probably one of the ‘trusted partners’ you probably agreed to allow mytimemedia to share info with, thus FB will have your address (if not from mytimemedia then probably from one of the hundreds of other companies that use the ‘trusted partners’ approval) – your address is easily linked via local authority records etc etc, let alone all those ‘friends’ who conveniently passed your info onto FB.
Things may change slightly from May as the new EU directive requires your approval for the uses that info about you will be used for – of course if the company is a monopoly supplier of the product you want then you will have to agree to any such request and as seen in the current fuss then FB being an American company can probably circumvent as EU directive.

Edited By Frances IoM on 21/03/2018 19:15:20

I don't worry about any more.

I deleted my Facebook etc years ago.

Bigger things to worry about!

Jim

Mny years ago one of my staff got conned over our data protection fee renewal (which was due imminently) by gettign a letter regarding that from a third party that charged afee for doing so. The next day we got the genuine reminder. That experience made me realise how poor our government's own data protection and security is.

Folk are constantly being conned and targetted and social media is just another avenue of the same. You car's registration is recorded all over the place as well as service stations and I'm sure those records are not secure either – gives patterns to your behaviour as does carrying a mobile phone and your ISP knows exactly what you browse and you can bet they're monetising that info too.

VPNs may help but still someone knows. I do go as far as cover the mike and camera on 'puters that have them and since i live in a dead spot I only use my mobile when going any distance away..and only turn it on if I have to nevertheless there's dozens of companies that have my address (to send stuff) and dozens of gov depts that have my home phone number and other details they could cross reference with email addresses. You can't avoid it.

You too ?

Mick

Given the air fares from Russia to the UK, it's only fair that the ladies should be able to visit all of their friends on the one trip.

Read George Orwell's 1984 and you realise how far ahead of times he really was! The olny way to stop people spying on you is to drop off the radar.

No phones, no internet, live off grid and put any bills in someone elses name. Takes about 5 years and then you disappear off the system.

Edited By vintagengineer on 22/03/2018 08:55:15

Mike, I am also sure that SIRI is listening in the same has happened to me, I am also sure that ALEXA is in your home environment with the prime purpose of listening in to our home conversations, or am I just paranoid.

Dave W

You cannot escape from the Tax Man’s radar, apparently even death does not achieve that!

I'm afraid they do. It's not just spam that's the problem. For example, the law isn't clear about who owns personal information on the web after you've died. For example, if you publish photographs or other information about a grand-child who later becomes a celebrity, it may be impossible for them to fix your intrusion into their privacy.

Another good reason for not telling a computer system that you're dead is that they share that information too. Expect embarrassment when you try to do anything that that requires you to be alive when everybody knows you've passed.

Without boring everyone to tears, 'big data' is becoming a big problem. The intrusion appears to be unstoppable. My advice is to minimise the amount of personal data you share, for example by installing Privacy Badger or similar and not creating accounts willy-nilly or typing in unnecessary details. Always look for and tick the 'do not share' boxes. Read the Terms and Conditions. Would you stand in a crowded supermarket loudly discussing what a big pension you've got and your massive collection of gold coins before giving your name and address to those young men with interesting tattoos?

Don't be naive. When online it pays to assess the risks:

• Who is it wants to know?
• Why do they need the information?
• What will they use the data for?
• How will they protect my data?
• Where do they store the data?
• Are they going to share my data with someone else, either deliberately or by accident?
• Is there any redress in the event that the data is misused?

Dave

Facebook is not scary for me because I put none of my life onto their platform but I feel I have a Faustian-like pact with google.

As a gmail and Android user it's clear to me that they trawl through all of my email, see what things I buy, when the deliveries will be made, what flights, hotels and travel I book, what appointments I put in my calendar etc etc etc. It's pretty helpful but at the same time concerning. It's fine if they are confining themselves to the useful things for me but if they're also looking at the opinions I write in my emails and who I receive emails from and their opinions who knows where this could go next.

AC Grayling may not have been the first to look into the work of CA and question their methods but from November 2017 this Youtube video makes interesting watching… **LINK**

Jon