Lawrence Nault | Stone & Signal
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Lawrence Nault is a Canadian author, documentarian, and host of Stone & Signal, creating stories and reflections at the intersection of ecology, technology, and human meaning.
The federal government says communities should have meaningful input into #DataCentre development.
But the public apparently wasn't consulted when those principles were written.
I spoke with The Energy Mix about that contradiction.
www.theenergymix.com/no-public-in...
#DataCentres #Canada
But the public apparently wasn't consulted when those principles were written.
I spoke with The Energy Mix about that contradiction.
www.theenergymix.com/no-public-in...
#DataCentres #Canada
No Public Input on Ottawa’s Public Input Principles for Data Centre Development
The federal government is urging data centre developers to commit to transparent and early engagement with communities, yet drafted the principles guiding that expansion behind closed doors—and withou...
www.theenergymix.com
September 18, 2026 at 2:41 PM
The federal government says communities should have meaningful input into #DataCentre development.
But the public apparently wasn't consulted when those principles were written.
I spoke with The Energy Mix about that contradiction.
www.theenergymix.com/no-public-in...
#DataCentres #Canada
But the public apparently wasn't consulted when those principles were written.
I spoke with The Energy Mix about that contradiction.
www.theenergymix.com/no-public-in...
#DataCentres #Canada
I’m coining a term for something Alberta is becoming a prime example of:
Datalighting — selling the public on jobs, AI, investment and data sovereignty while obscuring the deeper role of data centres in creating massive new energy demand.
#DataCentres #AI #Energy #Alberta #NaturalGas #Datalighting
Datalighting — selling the public on jobs, AI, investment and data sovereignty while obscuring the deeper role of data centres in creating massive new energy demand.
#DataCentres #AI #Energy #Alberta #NaturalGas #Datalighting
September 15, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I’m coining a term for something Alberta is becoming a prime example of:
Datalighting — selling the public on jobs, AI, investment and data sovereignty while obscuring the deeper role of data centres in creating massive new energy demand.
#DataCentres #AI #Energy #Alberta #NaturalGas #Datalighting
Datalighting — selling the public on jobs, AI, investment and data sovereignty while obscuring the deeper role of data centres in creating massive new energy demand.
#DataCentres #AI #Energy #Alberta #NaturalGas #Datalighting
Indie authors: finding readers shouldn’t require an ad budget.
10 Minutes To… is a free discovery project—readers give you up to 10 minutes—you give them a reason to want more.
Submit a short piece from your work.
lawrencenault.me/10-minutes-to/
#IndieAuthors #IndieBooks #WritingCommunity
10 Minutes To… is a free discovery project—readers give you up to 10 minutes—you give them a reason to want more.
Submit a short piece from your work.
lawrencenault.me/10-minutes-to/
#IndieAuthors #IndieBooks #WritingCommunity
10 Minutes To... — Where will ten minutes take you?
A curated fiction-discovery series: one indie author, one human-narrated story, ten minutes or less.
lawrencenault.me
September 1, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Indie authors: finding readers shouldn’t require an ad budget.
10 Minutes To… is a free discovery project—readers give you up to 10 minutes—you give them a reason to want more.
Submit a short piece from your work.
lawrencenault.me/10-minutes-to/
#IndieAuthors #IndieBooks #WritingCommunity
10 Minutes To… is a free discovery project—readers give you up to 10 minutes—you give them a reason to want more.
Submit a short piece from your work.
lawrencenault.me/10-minutes-to/
#IndieAuthors #IndieBooks #WritingCommunity
Alberta residents: the County of Newell is reviewing new DATA CENTRE bylaws.
I’ve gone through the draft, identified gaps, and proposed real amendments residents and municipalities can adapt and use.
lawrencenault.me/policy/whats...
#Alberta #BrooksAB #CountyOfNewell #DataCentres
I’ve gone through the draft, identified gaps, and proposed real amendments residents and municipalities can adapt and use.
lawrencenault.me/policy/whats...
#Alberta #BrooksAB #CountyOfNewell #DataCentres
What’s Missing From the Bylaw? – Lawrence Nault – Civic Sketches
The County of Newell is trying to write data-centre rules before major projects arrive. Civic Sketches examines what the draft bylaw gets right, what may still
lawrencenault.me
August 30, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Alberta residents: the County of Newell is reviewing new DATA CENTRE bylaws.
I’ve gone through the draft, identified gaps, and proposed real amendments residents and municipalities can adapt and use.
lawrencenault.me/policy/whats...
#Alberta #BrooksAB #CountyOfNewell #DataCentres
I’ve gone through the draft, identified gaps, and proposed real amendments residents and municipalities can adapt and use.
lawrencenault.me/policy/whats...
#Alberta #BrooksAB #CountyOfNewell #DataCentres
It arrived quietly this week.
Maybe Venus is too distant. Maybe we don’t always hear young people. Or maybe a teenager in a wheelchair isn’t who people expect at the centre of a space adventure.
Fire in the Clouds is here anyway.
books2read.com/u/4XqEW1
#KidLit #SciFi #DisabilityRepresentation
Maybe Venus is too distant. Maybe we don’t always hear young people. Or maybe a teenager in a wheelchair isn’t who people expect at the centre of a space adventure.
Fire in the Clouds is here anyway.
books2read.com/u/4XqEW1
#KidLit #SciFi #DisabilityRepresentation
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Fire In The Clouds by Lawrence Nault
books2read.com
August 30, 2026 at 8:35 PM
It arrived quietly this week.
Maybe Venus is too distant. Maybe we don’t always hear young people. Or maybe a teenager in a wheelchair isn’t who people expect at the centre of a space adventure.
Fire in the Clouds is here anyway.
books2read.com/u/4XqEW1
#KidLit #SciFi #DisabilityRepresentation
Maybe Venus is too distant. Maybe we don’t always hear young people. Or maybe a teenager in a wheelchair isn’t who people expect at the centre of a space adventure.
Fire in the Clouds is here anyway.
books2read.com/u/4XqEW1
#KidLit #SciFi #DisabilityRepresentation
We keep asking who may use our data. Siding 29 asks an earlier question: Does this record need to exist at all?
A book about how ordinary life became data infrastructure—and whether we can still build differently.
lawrencenault.me/writing/nonf...
A book about how ordinary life became data infrastructure—and whether we can still build differently.
lawrencenault.me/writing/nonf...
Siding 29: How We Enclosed the Record of Human Life—and How We Can Build Differently
Siding 29 by Lawrence Nault — How ordinary life became data infrastructure, and why we should ask whether some records should exist at all.
lawrencenault.me
August 30, 2026 at 8:20 PM
We keep asking who may use our data. Siding 29 asks an earlier question: Does this record need to exist at all?
A book about how ordinary life became data infrastructure—and whether we can still build differently.
lawrencenault.me/writing/nonf...
A book about how ordinary life became data infrastructure—and whether we can still build differently.
lawrencenault.me/writing/nonf...
Authors—join this free indie-fiction discovery project.
Give us 10 minutes—or less: a short story, flash fiction, scene, prequel or excerpt. Just a clean human-narrated recording and writing that leaves readers wanting more.
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#IndieAuthors #IndieBooks #WritingCommunity
Give us 10 minutes—or less: a short story, flash fiction, scene, prequel or excerpt. Just a clean human-narrated recording and writing that leaves readers wanting more.
10minutesto.com
#IndieAuthors #IndieBooks #WritingCommunity
10 Minutes To... — Where will ten minutes take you?
A curated fiction-discovery series: one indie author, one human-narrated story, ten minutes or less.
10minutesto.com
August 23, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Authors—join this free indie-fiction discovery project.
Give us 10 minutes—or less: a short story, flash fiction, scene, prequel or excerpt. Just a clean human-narrated recording and writing that leaves readers wanting more.
10minutesto.com
#IndieAuthors #IndieBooks #WritingCommunity
Give us 10 minutes—or less: a short story, flash fiction, scene, prequel or excerpt. Just a clean human-narrated recording and writing that leaves readers wanting more.
10minutesto.com
#IndieAuthors #IndieBooks #WritingCommunity
Angry about today’s U.S. trade news? Throw another elbow. 🇨🇦🍁
Buy Canadian doesn’t stop at the grocery store.
Support a Canadian author. Buy a book. Borrow one. Review one. Recommend one.
Canadian stories are Canadian-made too. 📚
#BuyCanadian #CanadianAuthors #CanadianBooks
Buy Canadian doesn’t stop at the grocery store.
Support a Canadian author. Buy a book. Borrow one. Review one. Recommend one.
Canadian stories are Canadian-made too. 📚
#BuyCanadian #CanadianAuthors #CanadianBooks
August 22, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Angry about today’s U.S. trade news? Throw another elbow. 🇨🇦🍁
Buy Canadian doesn’t stop at the grocery store.
Support a Canadian author. Buy a book. Borrow one. Review one. Recommend one.
Canadian stories are Canadian-made too. 📚
#BuyCanadian #CanadianAuthors #CanadianBooks
Buy Canadian doesn’t stop at the grocery store.
Support a Canadian author. Buy a book. Borrow one. Review one. Recommend one.
Canadian stories are Canadian-made too. 📚
#BuyCanadian #CanadianAuthors #CanadianBooks
September 28 is the International Day for Universal Access to Information.
We talk about our right to access information. Far less about who is accessing ours—and what they do with it.
That’s why Siding 29 launches September 28.
#DataPrivacy #AI #DigitalRights #Privacy
We talk about our right to access information. Far less about who is accessing ours—and what they do with it.
That’s why Siding 29 launches September 28.
#DataPrivacy #AI #DigitalRights #Privacy
August 21, 2026 at 3:50 PM
September 28 is the International Day for Universal Access to Information.
We talk about our right to access information. Far less about who is accessing ours—and what they do with it.
That’s why Siding 29 launches September 28.
#DataPrivacy #AI #DigitalRights #Privacy
We talk about our right to access information. Far less about who is accessing ours—and what they do with it.
That’s why Siding 29 launches September 28.
#DataPrivacy #AI #DigitalRights #Privacy
An excerpt from your book. A short story. Flash fiction. A prequel, side story, character piece—or something written just for this.
10 minutes or less. One simple human-narrated recording.
That's what 10 Minutes To… is looking for.
10minutesto.com
#indieauthor #booksky #writing
10 minutes or less. One simple human-narrated recording.
That's what 10 Minutes To… is looking for.
10minutesto.com
#indieauthor #booksky #writing
August 19, 2026 at 2:39 PM
An excerpt from your book. A short story. Flash fiction. A prequel, side story, character piece—or something written just for this.
10 minutes or less. One simple human-narrated recording.
That's what 10 Minutes To… is looking for.
10minutesto.com
#indieauthor #booksky #writing
10 minutes or less. One simple human-narrated recording.
That's what 10 Minutes To… is looking for.
10minutesto.com
#indieauthor #booksky #writing
What if book discovery started with the writing instead of the sales pitch?
I wrote about why I created 10 Minutes To…, how the playlist model works, and what I hope it can offer indie authors.
lawrencenault.me/journal/2026...
#IndieAuthors #IndieBooks #BookDiscovery
I wrote about why I created 10 Minutes To…, how the playlist model works, and what I hope it can offer indie authors.
lawrencenault.me/journal/2026...
#IndieAuthors #IndieBooks #BookDiscovery
10 Minutes To…: A Different Way to Discover Indie Writers – Lawrence Nault
What if book discovery started with the writing instead of the sales pitch? 10 Minutes To… gives indie authors a new way to reach readers through human-narrated
lawrencenault.me
August 18, 2026 at 2:03 PM
What if book discovery started with the writing instead of the sales pitch?
I wrote about why I created 10 Minutes To…, how the playlist model works, and what I hope it can offer indie authors.
lawrencenault.me/journal/2026...
#IndieAuthors #IndieBooks #BookDiscovery
I wrote about why I created 10 Minutes To…, how the playlist model works, and what I hope it can offer indie authors.
lawrencenault.me/journal/2026...
#IndieAuthors #IndieBooks #BookDiscovery
On #InternationalYouthDay, meet Draconim: YA eco-fiction where young people face wildfire, toxic spills, plastic pollution and melting ice—and refuse to stay silent about the world they’re inheriting.
🐉 lawrencenault.me/writing/the-...
#YAFiction #EcoFiction
🐉 lawrencenault.me/writing/the-...
#YAFiction #EcoFiction
August 12, 2026 at 1:44 PM
On #InternationalYouthDay, meet Draconim: YA eco-fiction where young people face wildfire, toxic spills, plastic pollution and melting ice—and refuse to stay silent about the world they’re inheriting.
🐉 lawrencenault.me/writing/the-...
#YAFiction #EcoFiction
🐉 lawrencenault.me/writing/the-...
#YAFiction #EcoFiction
Alberta’s “digital refinery” is more than branding. It is a copywriting strategy that turns foreign-owned data centres into a familiar story about domestic refining, public benefit and technological sovereignty.
My latest article:
lawrencenault.me/policy/the-d...
#Alberta #DataCentres #AI
My latest article:
lawrencenault.me/policy/the-d...
#Alberta #DataCentres #AI
The Deception Behind Alberta’s “Digital Refineries” – Lawrence Nault – Civic Sketches
Alberta’s “digital refinery” is more than a metaphor. It is part of a broader language campaign that turns foreign-owned data centres into a familiar story abou
lawrencenault.me
August 6, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Alberta’s “digital refinery” is more than branding. It is a copywriting strategy that turns foreign-owned data centres into a familiar story about domestic refining, public benefit and technological sovereignty.
My latest article:
lawrencenault.me/policy/the-d...
#Alberta #DataCentres #AI
My latest article:
lawrencenault.me/policy/the-d...
#Alberta #DataCentres #AI
Are governments locking in 30–50 years of public costs for a computing architecture that may change within five or ten?
The servers may change quickly. Control over land, water and power may not.
lawrencenault.me/policy/what-...
#DataCentres #AI #PublicPolicy
The servers may change quickly. Control over land, water and power may not.
lawrencenault.me/policy/what-...
#DataCentres #AI #PublicPolicy
What Are the Hyperscale Data Centres Really For? – Lawrence Nault – Civic Sketches
This argument depends on more than a belief that digital services will continue growing. It depends on a much narrower and less certain assumption: That enormou
lawrencenault.me
July 30, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Are governments locking in 30–50 years of public costs for a computing architecture that may change within five or ten?
The servers may change quickly. Control over land, water and power may not.
lawrencenault.me/policy/what-...
#DataCentres #AI #PublicPolicy
The servers may change quickly. Control over land, water and power may not.
lawrencenault.me/policy/what-...
#DataCentres #AI #PublicPolicy
Conspiracy theories taught us to doubt the truth. Artificial intelligence is teaching us to doubt everyone, everything—and reality itself.
The danger is not only that AI can fabricate events. It can make us stop believing the real ones.
#ArtificialIntelligence #Misinformation #Truth
The danger is not only that AI can fabricate events. It can make us stop believing the real ones.
#ArtificialIntelligence #Misinformation #Truth
July 28, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Conspiracy theories taught us to doubt the truth. Artificial intelligence is teaching us to doubt everyone, everything—and reality itself.
The danger is not only that AI can fabricate events. It can make us stop believing the real ones.
#ArtificialIntelligence #Misinformation #Truth
The danger is not only that AI can fabricate events. It can make us stop believing the real ones.
#ArtificialIntelligence #Misinformation #Truth
Developers arrive prepared—with lawyers, consultants, lobbyists and draft policy language.
Public representatives and communities should too.
lawrencenault.me/policy/befor...
#DataCentres #PublicPolicy #MunicipalGovernment
Public representatives and communities should too.
lawrencenault.me/policy/befor...
#DataCentres #PublicPolicy #MunicipalGovernment
July 21, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Developers arrive prepared—with lawyers, consultants, lobbyists and draft policy language.
Public representatives and communities should too.
lawrencenault.me/policy/befor...
#DataCentres #PublicPolicy #MunicipalGovernment
Public representatives and communities should too.
lawrencenault.me/policy/befor...
#DataCentres #PublicPolicy #MunicipalGovernment
The Symbiosis Sequence is a conceptual series of standalone novels exploring AI as control, saviour, humanity itself—and the intelligence of the planet.
Different worlds. One shifting boundary between human and artificial.
lawrencenault.me/writing/symb...
#AI #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction
Different worlds. One shifting boundary between human and artificial.
lawrencenault.me/writing/symb...
#AI #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction
The Symbiosis Sequence | Lawrence Nault
Adult speculative fiction by Lawrence Nault. Each novel in the Symbiosis Sequence stands alone.
lawrencenault.me
July 19, 2026 at 2:27 PM
The Symbiosis Sequence is a conceptual series of standalone novels exploring AI as control, saviour, humanity itself—and the intelligence of the planet.
Different worlds. One shifting boundary between human and artificial.
lawrencenault.me/writing/symb...
#AI #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction
Different worlds. One shifting boundary between human and artificial.
lawrencenault.me/writing/symb...
#AI #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction
1/ Today, July 18, is the U.S. National Day of Protest Against Data Centres.
The day may be American. The infrastructure boom is not.
Communities everywhere are being asked to surrender water, power, land and public money before meaningful protections exist.
#DataCentres
The day may be American. The infrastructure boom is not.
Communities everywhere are being asked to surrender water, power, land and public money before meaningful protections exist.
#DataCentres
July 18, 2026 at 7:13 PM
1/ Today, July 18, is the U.S. National Day of Protest Against Data Centres.
The day may be American. The infrastructure boom is not.
Communities everywhere are being asked to surrender water, power, land and public money before meaningful protections exist.
#DataCentres
The day may be American. The infrastructure boom is not.
Communities everywhere are being asked to surrender water, power, land and public money before meaningful protections exist.
#DataCentres
Project splitting turns one industrial development into separate approvals—fast-tracking data centres and bypassing rules that should apply to the whole project.
Assess it as one.
lawrencenault.me/policy/whole...
#DataCentres #Alberta #EIA
Assess it as one.
lawrencenault.me/policy/whole...
#DataCentres #Alberta #EIA
Whole Project Assessment and Anti-Fragmentation Policy – Lawrence Nault – Civic Sketches
Major industrial and infrastructure developments must be assessed according to the complete system required for their construction, operation, expansion, and cl
lawrencenault.me
July 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Project splitting turns one industrial development into separate approvals—fast-tracking data centres and bypassing rules that should apply to the whole project.
Assess it as one.
lawrencenault.me/policy/whole...
#DataCentres #Alberta #EIA
Assess it as one.
lawrencenault.me/policy/whole...
#DataCentres #Alberta #EIA
Wildfires. Smoke-filled skies. Microplastics in our water. Oil and gas pushing farther into the Arctic.
The Draconim series was never written as prediction. It was written because the warning signs were already here.
lawrencenault.me/writing/the-...
#Draconim #EcoFiction #YA
The Draconim series was never written as prediction. It was written because the warning signs were already here.
lawrencenault.me/writing/the-...
#Draconim #EcoFiction #YA
The Draconim Series | Lawrence Nault
YA fantasy by Lawrence Nault. Four books, read in order.
lawrencenault.me
July 18, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Wildfires. Smoke-filled skies. Microplastics in our water. Oil and gas pushing farther into the Arctic.
The Draconim series was never written as prediction. It was written because the warning signs were already here.
lawrencenault.me/writing/the-...
#Draconim #EcoFiction #YA
The Draconim series was never written as prediction. It was written because the warning signs were already here.
lawrencenault.me/writing/the-...
#Draconim #EcoFiction #YA
Alberta wants AI government while citizens are still expected to trust spoofable calls, callback numbers, exposed voter data, and broken verification systems.
Modernization cannot mean scanning old code while leaving old processes untouched.
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
#Alberta #AI #Privacy
Modernization cannot mean scanning old code while leaving old processes untouched.
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
#Alberta #AI #Privacy
Alberta Wants AI Government. It Still Has Voicemail Democracy.
How Alberta modernized the tools of government while leaving citizens trapped in unsafe, outdated processes.
open.substack.com
July 9, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Alberta wants AI government while citizens are still expected to trust spoofable calls, callback numbers, exposed voter data, and broken verification systems.
Modernization cannot mean scanning old code while leaving old processes untouched.
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
#Alberta #AI #Privacy
Modernization cannot mean scanning old code while leaving old processes untouched.
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
#Alberta #AI #Privacy
**Laird: Between Him and the Dark** is now available free in online bookstores.
A deeply personal tribute, written as an entire novel in the imagined voice of Laird, the rough collie who became my road companion, witness, and protector.
books2read.com/u/b5ADlw
#PetLoss #Dogs #BookSky
A deeply personal tribute, written as an entire novel in the imagined voice of Laird, the rough collie who became my road companion, witness, and protector.
books2read.com/u/b5ADlw
#PetLoss #Dogs #BookSky
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Laird: Between Him And The Dark by Lawrence Nault
books2read.com
July 4, 2026 at 5:12 PM
**Laird: Between Him and the Dark** is now available free in online bookstores.
A deeply personal tribute, written as an entire novel in the imagined voice of Laird, the rough collie who became my road companion, witness, and protector.
books2read.com/u/b5ADlw
#PetLoss #Dogs #BookSky
A deeply personal tribute, written as an entire novel in the imagined voice of Laird, the rough collie who became my road companion, witness, and protector.
books2read.com/u/b5ADlw
#PetLoss #Dogs #BookSky
Forward is not a direction unless we define the destination.
GDP can rise while people move backward on health care, housing, disability support, climate, worker protection, and peace.
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
#cdnpoli #HousingCrisis
GDP can rise while people move backward on health care, housing, disability support, climate, worker protection, and peace.
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
#cdnpoli #HousingCrisis
Forward Is Not a Direction
When growth is called progress, who gets left behind on the road?
open.substack.com
July 2, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Forward is not a direction unless we define the destination.
GDP can rise while people move backward on health care, housing, disability support, climate, worker protection, and peace.
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
#cdnpoli #HousingCrisis
GDP can rise while people move backward on health care, housing, disability support, climate, worker protection, and peace.
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
#cdnpoli #HousingCrisis
I lost my best friend, Laird, not long ago. We all process grief differently. I do it through writing.
So I wrote his life in his voice.
**Laird: Between Him and the Dark** is FREE on EPUB format on Archive.org.
archive.org/details/betw...
#PetLoss #Dogs #Grief
So I wrote his life in his voice.
**Laird: Between Him and the Dark** is FREE on EPUB format on Archive.org.
archive.org/details/betw...
#PetLoss #Dogs #Grief
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
Archive.org
July 1, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I lost my best friend, Laird, not long ago. We all process grief differently. I do it through writing.
So I wrote his life in his voice.
**Laird: Between Him and the Dark** is FREE on EPUB format on Archive.org.
archive.org/details/betw...
#PetLoss #Dogs #Grief
So I wrote his life in his voice.
**Laird: Between Him and the Dark** is FREE on EPUB format on Archive.org.
archive.org/details/betw...
#PetLoss #Dogs #Grief
Governments take a data-first approach.
We need a privacy-first approach.
Personal data should not be collected just because it is useful or possible.
The right is not only to protect data after it is taken.
It is the right not to be collected.
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
#Privacy
We need a privacy-first approach.
Personal data should not be collected just because it is useful or possible.
The right is not only to protect data after it is taken.
It is the right not to be collected.
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
#Privacy
The Right To Not Be Collected
A Privacy First framework for the data extraction age
open.substack.com
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Governments take a data-first approach.
We need a privacy-first approach.
Personal data should not be collected just because it is useful or possible.
The right is not only to protect data after it is taken.
It is the right not to be collected.
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
#Privacy
We need a privacy-first approach.
Personal data should not be collected just because it is useful or possible.
The right is not only to protect data after it is taken.
It is the right not to be collected.
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
#Privacy