The privacy debate post-Google verdict

It’s been a momentous week with the European Court of Justice handing down a verdict that will have far-reaching consequences. Who controls what data lives online about us?

Will it be companies that make billions from processing and controlling the data, or will it be citizens and consumers?

Internet companies such as Google decry the decision as a burdensome overreach by regulators, they will raise the fear of censorship. But we think it lays the groundwork for the long overdue debate what comes first: privacy and control over our digital identities, or profits?

I had the privilege to be a guest on Al Jazeera America’s Consider This last night to try to put the decision into perspective.
The gist is this: “Do we want to let commercial entities such as Google decide whether we have to live our lives under a giant magnifying glass?”