That Privacy Guy! Blog https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog Expert insights on privacy, data protection, GDPR, AI governance, and cyber security. en-gb Fri, 22 May 2026 19:52:00 GMT <![CDATA[CIPA and the Environmental Crimes Directive: why forensic web evidence just became the most contested thing in privacy litigation]]> https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/cipa-environmental-crimes-directive-forensic-evidence https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/cipa-environmental-crimes-directive-forensic-evidence Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Alexander Hanff CIPA ePrivacy GDPR WebSentinel litigation evidence law SessionReplay EnvironmentalCrimesDirective Environment <![CDATA[Malta is in breach of the EU Treaties — the IDPC has confirmed in writing that no Maltese citizen is protected under the ePrivacy Directive against any tech company not established in Malta]]> https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/malta-eprivacy-treaty-breach https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/malta-eprivacy-treaty-breach Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Alexander Hanff ePrivacy GDPR Charter Malta IDPC Anthropic Phorm law Compliance <![CDATA[Google quietly removes the on-device AI privacy assurance from Chrome's Settings UI]]> https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/google-quietly-removes-on-device-ai-privacy-claim https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/google-quietly-removes-on-device-ai-privacy-claim Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Alexander Hanff AI Chrome Consent Compliance ePrivacy GDPR Google <![CDATA[The problem with Consent Management Platforms is they are unlawful by design]]> https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/cmps-unlawful-by-design https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/cmps-unlawful-by-design Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Alexander Hanff privacy ePrivacy GDPR Compliance Consent CMP Cookies law <![CDATA[Google's "Boss" of Chrome gaslights on unlawful Nano push]]> https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/google-gaslights-despite-evidence https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/google-gaslights-despite-evidence Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Alexander Hanff AI Chrome Consent Compliance ePrivacy Google <![CDATA[Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane.]]> https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Alexander Hanff AI privacy ePrivacy Compliance GDPR Google Chrome Gemini ESG Environment Sustainability Climate law <![CDATA[Bolt's ChatBot Runs Amok]]> https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/bolts-chatbot-runs-amok https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/bolts-chatbot-runs-amok Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Alexander Hanff AI Compliance Technology ChatBots Customer-Services GDPR Consumer-Rights AI-Act <![CDATA[Anthropic issued with a Cease and Desist]]> https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/anthropic-cease-and-desist https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/anthropic-cease-and-desist Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Alexander Hanff AI Anthropic Claude Compliance ePrivacy InfoSec law GDPR privacy forensics <![CDATA[Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop]]> https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/anthropic-spyware https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/anthropic-spyware Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Alexander Hanff AI privacy ePrivacy Compliance InfoSec GDPR law Cyber Security Anthropic Claude <![CDATA[The Beast behind the Browser: Every Privacy Vulnerability in Chrome and How to Catch It]]> https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/the-beast-behind-the-browser https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/the-beast-behind-the-browser Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Alexander Hanff surveillance-capitalism AdTech MarTech Cookies privacy ePrivacy law forensics <![CDATA[Data Sovereignty in light of US uncertainty]]> https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/data-sovereignty-in-light-of-us-uncertainty https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/data-sovereignty-in-light-of-us-uncertainty Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Alexander Hanff Data-Sovereignty Technology Self-Hosted FOSS GDPR Compliance privacy surveillance-capitalism InfoSec Cyber Security <![CDATA[Welcome to my Blog]]> https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/welcome https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/welcome Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Alexander Hanff privacy announcement <![CDATA[Digital Psychology: Why Privacy is so important for Self Determination]]> https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/why-privacy-is-so-important-for-self-determination https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/why-privacy-is-so-important-for-self-determination Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Alexander Hanff privacy surveillance-capitalism psychology manipulation psychographics