# Week in the Privacy News: 45

**Published by:** [Week in Privacy](https://paragraph.com/@web3privacy/)
**Published on:** 2025-11-03
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@web3privacy/week-in-the-privacy-news

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Good Monday, people of web3! Gitcoin Privacy Round, that we help to curate btw, has officially ended and there are great results! Take a look at what projects and tools are making biggest rounds in privacy (pun intended) and enjoy today's newsletter. New tool of the weekWinner of Gitcoin Privacy round: Dev3Pack and their Privacy bootcampInsightsSee the results of Gitcoin Privacy Round:European Union Council withdraws their plan for Chat Control again, after public pushbackProton launches Data Breach Observatory to track unreported leaks from darkwebWORM's private-proof-of-burn zkSNARK circuits fully open-source:Windows' vulnerabilities under active exploitation KnowledgeLong read on UK's data tracking of kids from the day they are bornRussia blocks people from making new accounts on WhattsApp and TelegramEx-L3Harris executive admits to selling trade secrets to Russian firmTanzanian governemnt imposed internet shutdown during votingEnergy prices rising up due to usage of AIInspiration: Going On(Line) an offering of media from the webTake our own Web3 Privacy Now courses through our AcademyStop confusing privacy, anonymity and security"Let's sue the government"| EFF's Lisa Femia duscussion about ideological social media surveillance**EFFecting Change: This Title Was Written by a HumanInspiration: Going Off(Line) an offering of IRL events(new/changes in bold)Nov 7-8 - SeaGL conference SeattleNov 16 - Web3Privacy Now Congress II Buenos AiresNov 18 - DevconnectHER | Career Lab & Job Fair Buenos AiresNov 21 - Ethereum Privacy StackDec 27-30 - 39th Chaos Communication Congress HamburgMar 6-7 2026 - Logos Network's Parallel Society Lisabon

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