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Ava
I’m Ava and I'm writing about my thoughts on tech, data protection law, my health and little creative projects.
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While I was at the conference, my wife explored Brussels on her own. As you might know, she doesn't have a smartphone, and the only similar thing she has is a tablet with only WiFi capabilities. Public WiFi is more and more common, but...
I've finished reading the Draft Guidelines for transparency requirement under the AI Act that are out for comment until the 3rd of June, and a variety of exemptions for law enforcement and similar actors greatly concern me. I haven't...
I have previously written about what resources I subscribe to (newsletter, RSS, manual checking) to keep on top of data protection law news, cases, new reports, recommendations by authorities, papers of notable personalities in the...
Among all this talk of European sovereignty and switching to European alternatives in a move to better privacy and less support of Big Tech, I wish for more emphasis on not just blindly copying US products and slapping an EU label on it....
I attended the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference (CPDP) in Brussels for the first time. The conference has lots of different rooms mostly in the same building where multiple panels, workshops and other things are...
For the CPDP 2026, I was in Brussels this week. the cityThe inner city with all its cute little shops, fancy buildings and barely any cars was very charming. Have some pics. We spotted Super Dragon Toys on the way and had to stop there,...
I've recently participated in an entrepreneurship workshop hosted by my university, which focused on idea generation for a startup. I have absolutely no plans to do that, and I think I am the wrong person for this, but I wanted a brief...
For the last 2 weeks, I have received 2FA codes for my UberEats account that I did not request roughly every couple days. The account was only created a year ago and used twice, then never again. The email address and password were...
I've been thinking more about the future we might be heading towards if things continue the way they do, relatively unstopped, especially in regards to data harvesting and leaks, and how digitalized our society continues to become. I...
I've been able to go to the gym more consistently lately, and I've started using the strength machines too, instead of just using the treadmill. Usually my workouts consisted of the treadmill, my indoor cycle, pilates and yoga, but I...
In the past, I have complained about some aspects of my work here and there. As I continue to grow, get more qualifications, visit conferences, and apply to interesting positions, I've put more effort into transforming the place where...
Following up to my agentic consent piece, a reader (Shugo Nozaki) shared with me some interesting perspective around human consent (both by email and post) that I felt like was worth exploring and discussing! He pointed out that while...
When I think something is bad, immoral, unethical, harmful, evil - or whatever may apply - I neither do it in private or in public. I don’t just adhere to this rule of not doing it when I’m by myself, I also don’t do it when I’m with...
Today, I attended a protest for the visibility of ME/CFS sufferers. ME/CFS is short for Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome; it is a chronic illness characterized by extreme fatigue that doesn't improve with rest, along...
Most people in my life still use big social media platforms. My wife, for example, is on Tumblr. As someone who has been off of these platforms for quite a while, some of the things people share with me sound extremely odd to me; weird...