The future of your privacy: universal right, luxury, commodity or utility
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Four scenarios on the future of privacy regulations and their implications.
By Maria Chercoles, co-founder of Grey Area Collective, a research and design think tank
Common sense would suggest that in the wake of Facebook’s many scandals, users would be leaving in droves — and yet the network is more popular than ever. Meanwhile, the number of smart speakers worldwide is set to reach 225 million by 2020, despite multiple incidents of speakers recording private conversations and sending them to acquaintances without the user’s knowledge. If that sounds eerie, it’s just the beginning. Within our lifetimes, we should expect all sorts of technology to become fully embedded into our lives, “watching over” our every decision, conversation and thought.
Last year, the European Union rolled out the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) — the largest attempt yet at protecting user data. In the US, federal regulation of that reach has yet to pass, but it hasn’t stopped at least 12 states pa...
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