Privacy

The Ministerial Committee approved a bill by Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Sunday to give greater enforcement powers to the government regarding privacy rights.

Justices sounded highly critical of the police for the slow pace of fixing errors they were making in improperly invading the privacy of suspects regarding cell phones and other electronic devices.

The authority stated that it would work to amend the existing legislation in order to allow it to continue storing the face photos.

Allowing this kind of intrusion into our personal lives without our permission is a clear manifestation of George Orwell’s predictions in his novel '1984.'

The sky fell in this country and no one even noticed.

Data Privacy Day is observed in 50 countries around the world on January 28 in order to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices.

Until the coronavirus era many thought, “privacy had died. But now it has come back and big time."

"While people don’t want to throw away their privacy, they are willing to make compromises perhaps for the greater good.”

WhatsApp already shares certain categories of personal data, including the user's phone number and IP address, with Facebook.

If media reports are accurate, it appears that Israel is trading something far more precious than money in exchange for the inoculations: the privacy of each and every one of us.