The CJEU (Grand Chamber) judgment was released today: a religious community, such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses, is a controller, jointly with its members who engage in preaching, for the processing of personal data carried out by the latter in the context of door-to-door preaching. The processing of personal data carried out in the context of such activity must respect the rules of EU law on the protection of personal data. It is for the Finnish Supreme Administrative Court now to decide whether the national JW community should be prohibited from door-to-door notekeeping in its current form.
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JW Door-to-Door Notekeeping Attracts Scrutiny of EU Authorities
by Room 215 ina newly- enacted eu gdpr privacy protection law, to become effective from may 25, has apparently prompted jws to file suit in protest: .
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source: ex-jwblog: http://testimonidigeovachiedono.blogspot.com/2018/05/le-note-di-casa-in-casa-sono-illegali-per-il-gdpr.html):.
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Child trafficking issues in India
by MaxPayne inthis is the message that was posted on the jw inbox announcements tab.
i have copy pasted it as it was.
if anyone from india has any information related to this, please do share.. regards.. urgent: child trafficking accusations.
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I surely didn't mean there is no child trafficking in India at all. This thread is mostly about rumours, not real crimes, that's what I meant. And I don't see any reason to trust such rumours, especially in a country like India with all its anti-conversion laws, mob attacks, and other manifestations of religious intolerance.
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Child trafficking issues in India
by MaxPayne inthis is the message that was posted on the jw inbox announcements tab.
i have copy pasted it as it was.
if anyone from india has any information related to this, please do share.. regards.. urgent: child trafficking accusations.
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purrpurr, there is no child trafficking, only another moral panic (or even the Indian equivalent of blood libel). As blankspace wrote,
With this being said, there's been a spurt fake videos that have gone viral - these videos claim that there are child traffickers in the area. Because of these videos, there've been a number of lynchings and deaths of innocent people. This has especially happened in villages - they didn't even spare an older woman. Now since JWs go out in twos, they look pretty suspicious. And since they're urged to speak to even little children, they look even more suspicious. I believe they've come under the scanner primarily because of this. I don't think there's trafficking in India but there definitely is a lot of child abuse in the organization.
Some recent headlines:
Indian mob kills transgender woman over fake rumors spread on WhatsApp
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/28/asia/india-transgender-whatsapp-mob-intl/index.html
Two men are the latest to be lynched in India because of false rumours spread on WhatsApp accusing victims of kidnapping children
Rumors of child-kidnapping gangs and other WhatsApp hoaxes are getting people killed in India
http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-india-whatsapp-2018-story.html
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JW Door-to-Door Notekeeping Attracts Scrutiny of EU Authorities
by Room 215 ina newly- enacted eu gdpr privacy protection law, to become effective from may 25, has apparently prompted jws to file suit in protest: .
(translated from the italian) .
source: ex-jwblog: http://testimonidigeovachiedono.blogspot.com/2018/05/le-note-di-casa-in-casa-sono-illegali-per-il-gdpr.html):.
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The CJEU judgment will be delivered on 10 July.
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Newsweek: JW wives in Russia send letter to Putin advisor
by OrphanCrow inthis article is dated june 7, 2018 and is likely a lead up to the bear ripping the jw bible article.
http://www.newsweek.com/wives-jehovahs-witnesses-jailed-russia-send-letter-putin-adviser-begging-end-965516.
the wives of jehovah’s witnesses rounded up and imprisoned in russia have written an open letter to a top adviser of president vladimir putin, asking him to stop the campaign of terror against the religious group.“this open letter to you is a cry of desperation.
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I think someone on Newsweek staff has some intimate connections to WT/org
I think it's a duty of the press to inform about such gross human rights violations. Especially when the "Leader of the Free World" likes Putin more than US allies.
I notice that Newsweek hasn't reported on this story:
https://meduza.io/en/news/2018/05/29/alexey-navalny-s-campaign-coordinator-in-chelyabinsk-is-reportedly-caught-with-illegal-religious-literature
Another ridiculous attempt to whitewash the Russian authorities' actions. They are not fastidious about any means they use against Navalny's movement. First a criminal case under far-fetched charges of "hooliganism motivated by social and political hatred to Putin and local governor", then search in the house of Zolotarevsky's mother, and illegal leaks of personal information to the government-controlled press and bloggers. In fact, the Zolotarevsky is not a Witness (he is probably a former one), and there was no religious literature found at his home. The police officers are the only criinals in this story.
This tactic is so misleading - women are being used to gain public approval for the org's actions at the same time that women are treated horribly within the org
What's misleading? Are they wives of prisoners of conscience unlawfully persecuted for their religion? Yes.
And there is no aim "to gain public approval for the org's actions" - only to defend themselves against the grave human rights violations. So, your comments are misleading, as like your continuous attempts to justify and glorify the Russian state's crimes.
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Canada Branch Financials are Posted (The Bleeding Appears Very Real)
by berrygerry inposted here:.
https://docs.zoho.com/sheet/published.do?rid=740aq85115d1a04174c4d867e056351ad6836.
biggest changes:.
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Hi slimboyfat, 2017 WTB account is available on the website of Companies House here: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03858051/filing-history
Is there a year-over-year posted somewhere?
Frankly, I don't know. The only thing I know is that WTB, IBSA and Kingdom Halls Trust reports are available on the Companies House site))
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Canada Branch Financials are Posted (The Bleeding Appears Very Real)
by berrygerry inposted here:.
https://docs.zoho.com/sheet/published.do?rid=740aq85115d1a04174c4d867e056351ad6836.
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A good counter-example: Watch Tower Britain recently reported that the total amount of its cash was at an all-time high of £100 million as of 31 August 2017. Shall we conclude that the financial situation of JW organization in UK is extremely good?
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Canada Branch Financials are Posted (The Bleeding Appears Very Real)
by berrygerry inposted here:.
https://docs.zoho.com/sheet/published.do?rid=740aq85115d1a04174c4d867e056351ad6836.
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GDPR Day
by Phoebe inso, it's may 25th - gdpr day.
has anyone had a last minute visit from the elders?.
i've been out shopping and i have come home to find a note pushed through the door saying two elders and one elder's wife had called by.. why would two elders + wife come to see me?
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JW Door-to-Door Notekeeping Attracts Scrutiny of EU Authorities
by Room 215 ina newly- enacted eu gdpr privacy protection law, to become effective from may 25, has apparently prompted jws to file suit in protest: .
(translated from the italian) .
source: ex-jwblog: http://testimonidigeovachiedono.blogspot.com/2018/05/le-note-di-casa-in-casa-sono-illegali-per-il-gdpr.html):.
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