Tag: privacy news

As always, a lot going on! Forget Milk and Eggs: Supermarkets Are Having a Fire Sale on Data About You Jon Keegan on The Markup (themarkup.org) When you use supermarket discount cards, you are sharing much more than what is in your cart—and grocery chains like Kroger are reaping huge profits selling this data to…

It’s been almost two weeks since I did the last privacy news roundup … and a lot’s been happening! Data Brokers and the Sale of Americans’ Mental Health Data Joanne Kim on Tech Policy @ Sanford (techpolicy.sanford.duke.edu) The Technology Policy Lab at the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy looks at data brokers and data…

Privacy after Roe, an FTC enforcement action, a federal privacy legislation update … and more! Privacy after Roe How US police use digital data to prosecute abortions Runa Sandvik on TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) Sandvik looks at court records of cases between 2011 and 2022 to examine how police in the U.S. use text messages, emails, search…

State and federal privacy regulation, facial recognition, what’s on tap for 2023, a failed experiment with Mastodon … and more! This Year’s Must-Read Privacy Papers to be Honored at Capitol Hill Event Future of Privacy Forum (fpf.org) Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) does an annual list of Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) Awards.  Here’s this…

Websites selling abortion pills sharing data with Google, the My Health My Data Act, the “no fly” list accidentally exposed, a state privacy legislation bonanza … and more! Privacy After Roe Websites Selling Abortion Pills Are Sharing Sensitive Data With Google Jennifer Gollan on ProPublica (propublica.org) That’s bad.  Using the Markup’s Blacklight tool, a nonprofit…

Algorithms of oppression (re)producing racism, pushing back on AI hype, a new approach to try to make GDPR’s protections real, state privacy legislation … and more! When Black Death Goes Viral: How Algorithms of Oppression (Re)Produce Racism and Racial Trauma Dr. Tiera Chantè Tanksley on SAGE Perspectives Blog (perspectivesblog.sagepub.com) “Concerned about how seeing images of…

President Biden weighs in, facial recognition in Iran, ISO adopts Privacy by Design, details on the big EU decisions against Facebook and Instagram, Medium on Mastodon … and more! Opinion | Republicans and Democrats, Unite Against Big Tech Abuses Joe Biden on The Wall Street Journal (wsj.com) President Biden calls on Congress to “find common…

Lots of surveillance stories, fines for Facebook, Google, and Apple, and much much more! Surveillance Fighting ‘Big Brother’: Anti-surveillance advocates in New York seek to halt creeping proliferation of cameras and tracking software Ben Brachfeld on amNewYork (amny.com) Anti-surveillance activists are working with progressive lawmakers in Albany seeking to curtail the proliferation of “Big Brother”…

Looking back at 2022, a good book list, another Black man mistakenly arrested because of facial recognition technology … and more! We’re now posting privacy news items on Mastodon as well as Twitter.  If you see some links we should cover, please tag us! 2022 Year in Review Cindy Cohn on Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org)…

Police using health data for surveillance, TikTok spying on journalists, state privacy legislation, and more! Police seize on COVID-19 tech to expand global surveillance Garance Burke, Josef Federman, Huizhong Wu, Krutika Pathi, and Rod McGuirk Remember in the early days of the pandemic when techies scoffed at privacy concerns about contact tracing apps?  Three years…

A big FTC settlement, student privacy, state and federal privacy legislation, security and privacy issues on Mastodon … and more!   Fortnite Video Game Maker Epic Games to Pay More Than Half a Billion Dollars over FTC Allegations of Privacy Violations and Unwanted Charges the Premerger Notification Office Staff on Federal Trade Commission (ftc.gov) Epic…

Privacy after Roe, surveillance, FTC comments, state and federal privacy legislation … there’s so much in the news these last few days that I’m leaving stuff related to Twitter and Mastodon out of this issue of the newsletter, and will have a followon tomorrow.  Even without that, though, this is one of the juiciest news…

Large language models, iCloud encryption, Twitter privacy issues, state privacy legislation, and much much more! But first, a shameless plug: on Tuesday (December 13) at 9 am Pacific/noon Eastern, please join me and RI Labs for Flocking to Mastodon? Here’s what you need to know! Are you heading to Mastodon as a Twitter alternative or…

SF says no to killer robots (for now), the EU  says  no to Meta’s  business model, questions   about state  privacy legislation … and  more! San Francisco: In a surprise turnaround, robot lethal force is banned — for now Will Jarrett on Mission Local (missionlocal.org) In an unexpected about-face, the Board of Supervisors today voted…

Killer robots, a new deadline for Real ID, effective privacy organizing, security cameras with a data leak, Mastodon, and more! DHS resets the clock on its threat to stop flyers without ID Edwad Hasbrouck on Papers Please (papersplease.org) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has pushed back the requirment to use a “Real ID” license for…

A lot of links for your weekend reading pleasure! The airport of the future is the airport of today — and that’s not good Ed Hasbrouck on Papers Please (papersplease.org) Hasbrouck looks at the integrated and largely-invisible surveillance infrastructure in airports today and the convergence of interests between government agencies, airlines, and airports.   During…

It’s been a week since our last news roundup, so we’ve got a lot of links!  But first, since it’s Giving Tuesday, if you’re considering donating, please keep these options in mind: Maya Morales of WA People’s Privacy is raising funds to support her local, state, and national grassroots organizing efforts.  WA People’s Privacy doesn’t…

Privacy after Roe, ADPPA and KOSA in Congress, FTC comments, a big new lawsuit by Foxglove against Meta … and that’s only the tip of the iceberg. FTC Comments An FTC comment generated by the GPT-3 language model. The extended deadline for comments on the FTC potential rulemaking on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security was…

Before we get to some very interesting articles on federal privacy legislation and Mastodon, first some important media news – and a very intriguing upcoming event. Protocol, the tech-news focused website, will shutter and lay off its entire staff Oliver Darcy, CNN (cnn.com) San Francisco-based Protocol has announced that they are shutting down and laying…

Checking out Mastodon?  The Nexus of Privacy is at @nexusofprivacy@mastodon.social! Webinar: The Fight for Privacy in a Post-Dobbs World Thursday December 1, 11:00 am Pacific (2:00 pm Eastern) This webinar, hosted by privacy scholar Daniel Solove, will focus on themes from Danielle Citron’s new book, The Fight for Privacy: online harassment and hate, Section 230,…