Clubhouse is 'problematic from a data protection perspective', says expert

A data privacy and ethics expert believes there are several key data protection issues associated with the Clubhouse app. Clubhouse is an audio-only platform that users must be invited to join. It has already amassed legions of fans and several famous faces, including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Drake, Kanye West, and Oprah Winfrey. However, in recent weeks concerns have been raised about the company’s privacy policies, with the firm promising to review its cyber-security. Daragh O’Brien, Managing Director of Castlebridge, said there are several data protection problems relating to Clubhouse. He outlined some of his concerns on the Tech Talk with Jess Kelly programme. “The first concern I have is that after the kerfuffle we had last year about Zoom, it looks like the promoters and founders of Clubhouse haven’t learned anything about where the world is now in terms of people’s attitude to data protection and what the laws that exist around the world actually are in terms of what you can do,” he said. “Clubhouse’s model for onboarding customers is basically the same approach that Facebook started off with in 2007 and 2008 and from there, the issue has snowballed. “The first thing is their model for getting…
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