What could an investigative agency possibly have to offer to a graduate class of business administration students? Well, after receiving an invitation to conduct a guest lecture at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague (Česká zemědělská univerzita), that was the exact question we asked ourselves – turns out that there was quite a lot to be had on the topical menu.
Sylvester Holovský1st November 20256 min read
Data Banks: How Institutions Slowly Chip Away At Your Privacy
Welcome to the second of our three-part series on personal data. In our previous publication, we made the point that your personal data is your most valuable asset, as well as your greatest vulnerability. In this piece, we will dive deeper into how you give away your data on a daily basis, instances of which we will refer to as information transactions. That’s right, with almost every single action you undertake in the modern world, you are engaging in a literal transaction of information. Let us explain.
Sylvester Holovský28th October 20255 min read
The True Value of Your Data
Denmark's new legislation grants copyright over the face, body, and voice to combat nonconsensual deepfakes, thus recognizing that you have some kind of right to this data. Yet every click, search, and message you make feeds advertiser profiles sold by data brokers to corporations, governments, and even hackers – usually without your consent. AI giants like OpenAI and Meta now hunger for this data to train billion-dollar large language models. Discover why your information is your most valuable asset and how to reclaim control in the first of our three-part series.
Sylvester Holovský24th October 20255 min read
The End of Chat Control?
The war for digital rights has so far been a losing one. Whether we look at mass surveillance states in China and the UK, or the one currently being instituted in the United States, we not only find objective traces of every legislative and coercive attempt to stamp out anonymity and privacy, but also subjective sentiment of ever-increasing government control – trust me, you’re not alone.
