Democrats introduce bill to protect data collected in coronavirus pandemic
Democratic lawmakers from both chambers yesterday introduced legislation to place limits on how tech companies and public health agencies use […]
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Questions remain over whether data collected by Covidsafe app could be accessed by US law enforcement
The federal government has reassured the public that Covidsafe data held by Amazon will not be able to be accessed […]
Google’s Coronavirus Test Sites May Be Scooping Up People’s Sensitive Information
In the two months since Verily rolled out the testing sites in California, advocates and lawmakers have been warning the […]
Washington, D.C. Adds Security Requirements in New Data Breach Notification Law
Washington, D.C. amended its data breach notification law (D.C. Act 23-268) on March 26, 2020, expanding the definition of personal […]
Zoom Agrees to Step Up Security After New York Probe
New York state’s top prosecutor announces that the company Zoom would improve security measures, after flaws were detected as the […]
California’s privacy warriors are back – and this time they want to take their fight all the way to the ballot box
Advocacy group Californians for Consumer Privacy, which started the push for a state-wide data privacy law, announced this week that […]
CCPA Regulations Still Not Final as Enforcement Deadline Approaches
Businesses spent the latter months of 2019 working hard to prepare for the January 1, 2020 implementation of the California […]
Senate bill would set privacy requirements for COVID-19 tracking
A group of senators want to enshrine privacy protections in COVID-19 contact tracing apps through legislation, but there are concerns […]
COVID-19 contact tracing apps being deployed around the world
As countries begin to lift lockdowns from COVID-19, they are relying on contact tracing apps to identify and break the […]
Court approves Facebook’s $5 Billion Privacy Settlement
A judge approved Facebook Inc.’s $5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over privacy violations, the agency says—overruling objections […]
Android Users Battling Google Can’t Seek Intervention By Appeals Court
A group of Android users have lost another round in a privacy battle with Google over alleged location tracking. U.S. […]
Americans avoid internet services over privacy concerns
A substantial share of the public has opted out of using a product or service because of concerns about how […]