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June event: Do you trust the European “Electronic Identification, Authentication, and Trust Services”?

The topic of our June event will be the European Union’s eIDAS 2.0: Electronic Identification, Authentication, and Trust Services.

European Digital Identity (EUDI) Regulation
The European Digital Identity (EUDI) Regulation will revolutionise digital identity in the EU by enabling the creation of a universal, trustworthy, and secure European digital identity wallet.
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/eudi-regulation

What’s your understanding, insight, opinion?

We at Keep Data Private want to meet regularly with fellow privacy enthusiasts and newcomers to our community to share and exchange ideas. If you have questions ahead of time, get in touch with me on daniela@keepdataprivate.com and I can answer your questions.

Join our next online event on 23rd June 2026 at 16:00 UTC.

🌍 When & Where?
📅 Date: 23rd June 2026
⏰ Time: 16:00 UTC (please check for your local time)
📍Online:  https://meet.jit.si/KeepDataPrivate_Members_Event_June_2026

Our calls will be held on every fourth Tuesday of the month at 16:00 UTC. Try this useful link to find out what time 16:00 UTC is in your local time.

Please be aware that our events will be recorded. You don’t have to provide details to join the call and can of course keep your camera off. Privacy first!

Email us on info@keepdataprivate.com if you want to suggest a topic or directly join our call at the specified time and date.

We’re looking forward to meeting you.

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May event: VPNs and why politicians want to take them away

In many countries, age verification rules have been implemented. The next step now is to ban VPNs for “adult” sites because children could be using VPNs. You would need to authenticate yourself to access this content – which has not yet been clearly defined.

That in effect ends anonymity online.

Everything you do or say online can be linked back to you. It can and most probably will be monitored automatically by AI agents by your own government… and by big corp who pays for the data.

Join our next online event on 26th May 2026 at 16:00 UTC.

🌍 When & Where?
📅 Date: 26th May 2026
⏰ Time: 16:00 UTC (please check for your local time)
📍Online:  https://meet.jit.si/KeepDataPrivate_Members_Event_May_2026

Our calls will be held on every fourth Tuesday of the month at 16:00 UTC. Try this useful link to find out what time 16:00 UTC is in your local time.

Please be aware that our events will be recorded. You don’t have to provide details to join the call and can of course keep your camera off. Privacy first!

Email us on info@keepdataprivate.com if you want to suggest a topic or directly join our call at the specified time and date.

We’re looking forward to meeting you.

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April members’ event: Age Verification

In April, we will talk about the hot topic of age verification and what it means for everyone.

What are your thoughts on it? Join us and share.

Join our next online event on 28th April 2026 at 16:00 UTC.

🌍 When & Where?
📅 Date: 28th April 2026
⏰ Time: 16:00 UTC (please check for your local time)
📍Online:  https://meet.jit.si/KeepDataPrivate_Members_Event_April_2026

Please be aware that our events will be recorded. You don’t have to provide details to join the call and can, of course, keep your camera off. Privacy first!

Email us on info@keepdataprivate.com if you want to suggest a topic or directly join our call at the specified time and date.

We’re looking forward to meeting you.

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March members’ event – details

We will post the topic closer to the time.

Join our next online event on 24th March 2026 at 16:00 UTC.

🌍 When & Where?
📅 Date: 24th March 2026
⏰ Time: 16:00 UTC (please check for your local time)
📍Online:  https://meet.jit.si/KeepDataPrivate_Members_Event_March_2026

Our calls will be held on every fourth Tuesday of the month at 16:00 UTC. Try this useful link to find out what time 16:00 UTC is in your local time.

Please be aware that our events will be recorded. You don’t have to provide details to join the call and can of course keep your camera off. Privacy first!

Email us on info@keepdataprivate.com if you want to suggest a topic or directly join our call at the specified time and date.

We’re looking forward to meeting you.

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Is your VPN safe?

Given everything going on in the world, I for one would like to keep my data private and VPNs are one way of achieving this. The big question now is:

Is your VPN safe? Is your data safe? For how much longer?

And Then?

Join our next online event on 24th February 2026 at 16:00 UTC.

🌍 When & Where?
📅 Date: 24th February 2026
⏰ Time: 16:00 UTC (please check for your local time)
📍Online:  https://meet.jit.si/KeepDataPrivate_Members_Event_February_2026

Our calls will be held on every fourth Tuesday of the month at 16:00 UTC. Try this useful link to find out what time 16:00 UTC is in your local time.

Please be aware that our events will be recorded. You don’t have to provide details to join the call and can, of course, keep your camera off. Privacy first!

Email us on info@keepdataprivate.com if you want to suggest a topic or directly join our call at the specified time and date.

We’re looking forward to meeting you.

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New Year, New Data! How to make a fresh start

How do you make a fresh start in life if “everyone” keeps old data on you? Can “they” not simply forget about you and your data?

In January, we’ll discuss how to request that data held on you be erased and what limitations (real, perceived or imposed) you may come across.

What was your experience when requesting to delete your data?

Share your experiences in our members’ event on 27th January 2026 at 16:00 UTC.

🌍 When & Where?
📅 Date: 27th January 2026
⏰ Time: 16:00 UTC (please check for your local time)
📍Online:  https://meet.jit.si/KeepDataPrivate_Members_Event_January_2026

Our calls will be held on every fourth Tuesday of the month at 16:00 UTC. Try this useful link to find out what time 16:00 UTC is in your local time.

Please be aware that our events will be recorded. You don’t have to provide details to join the call and can of course keep your camera off. Privacy first!

Email us on info@keepdataprivate.com if you want to suggest a topic or directly join our call at the specified time and date.

We’re looking forward to meeting you.

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Take #2: Data privacy and innovation

Due to a technical issue, we couldn’t have a call in October. That is why we are moving the proposed topic to our November event.

A recent article in TechXplore titled “AI innovation drops under EU data regulations, researcher says” (https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-ai-eu.html) got me thinking about why this connection is and whether there is more to it?

Reading into the topic, it appears there is more to the story.

What is your opinion?

Share your insights in our online event on 25th November 2025 at 16:00 UTC.

🌍 When & Where?
📅 Date: 25th November 2025
⏰ Time: 16:00 UTC (please check for your local time)
📍Online:  https://meet.jit.si/KeepDataPrivate_Community_Event_November_2025

Our calls will be held on every fourth Tuesday of the month at 16:00 UTC. Try this useful link to find out what time 16:00 UTC is in your local time.

Please be aware that our events will be recorded. You don’t have to provide details to join the call and can of course keep your camera off. Privacy first!

Email us on info@keepdataprivate.com if you want to suggest a topic or directly log into the the video conference link: https://meet.jit.si/KeepDataPrivate_Community_Event_November_2025

We’re looking forward to meeting you.

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Data privacy and innovation

A recent article in TechXplore titled “AI innovation drops under EU data regulations, researcher says” (https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-ai-eu.html) got me thinking about why this connection is and whether there is more to it?

Reading into the topic, it appears there is more to the story.

What is your opinion?

Share your insights at our next online event on 28th October 2025 at 16:00 UTC.

🌍 When & Where?
📅 Date: 28th October 2025
⏰ Time: 16:00 UTC (please check for your local time)
📍Online:  https://meet.jit.si/KeepDataPrivate_Community_Event_October_2025

Our calls will be held on every fourth Tuesday of the month at 16:00 UTC (also known as GMT). Try this useful link to find out what time 16:00 UTC is in your local time.

Please be aware that our events will be recorded. You don’t have to provide details to join the call and can of course keep your camera off. Privacy first!

Email us on info@keepdataprivate.com if you want to suggest a topic or directly log into the the video conference link: https://meet.jit.si/KeepDataPrivate_Community_Event_October_2025

We’re looking forward to meeting you.

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Will “Chat Control” end encryption?

“The European Union is pushing a dangerous surveillance law called “Chat Control” that would force tech companies to scan everyone’s private messages — even those protected by end-to-end encryption.“

https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/campaigns/tell-the-eu-dont-break-encryption-with-chat-control

Yes, the EU is proposing to scan and read ALL of your messages and ALL of your data as you send it to the cloud.

If you are interested in what you can do to stop it, join us for an animated chat in our next community event.

Join our next online event on 23rd September 2025 at 16:00 UTC.

🌍 When & Where?
📅 Date: 26th August 2025
⏰ Time: 16:00 UTC (please check for your local time)
📍Online:  https://meet.jit.si/KeepDataPrivate_Community_Event_September_2025

Please note that our events are recorded. You don’t have to provide details to join the call and can of course choose whether to swith the camera on or not. Privacy first!

Email us on info@keepdataprivate.com if you want to suggest a topic or have comments which you’d like to be read out.

We’re looking forward to meeting you. 🙂

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How to participate in data privacy legislation

How often do you engage with policy makers on data privacy issues? Have you ever wanted to input into the decision making? How go about it though?
Here is one example:

An article in the American Bankers Association titled “House committee seeks input on data privacy, possible legislation” caught my attention since it highlights that the possibility to help shape what data privacy will look like going forward:

“Interested members of the public may send their comments and answers to the questions below by August 28, 2025, to fsc119@mail.house.gov.“

You can find the house committee press release here: https://financialservices.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=410833

There you have it. Yes, you can participate and shape policy if you are a member of the interested public. In this case, you have until 28th August to get your voice heard.

Join our next online event on 26th August 2025 at 16:00 UTC.

🌍 When & Where?
📅 Date: 26th August 2025
⏰ Time: 16:00 UTC (please check for your local time)
📍Online:  https://meet.jit.si/KeepDataPrivate_Community_Event_August_2025

Our calls will be held on every fourth Tuesday of the month at 16:00 UTC (also known as GMT). Try this useful link to find out what time 16:00 UTC is in your local time.

Please be aware that our events will be recorded. You don’t have to provide details to join the call and can of course keep your camera off. Privacy first!

Email us on info@keepdataprivate.com if you want to suggest a topic or directly log into the the video conference link: https://meet.jit.si/KeepDataPrivate_Community_Event_August_2025

We’re looking forward to meeting you.