Most Americans support the right to be forgotten online
Americans prefer to keep certain information about themselves outside the purview of online searches, according to a Pew Research Center […]
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Lawmakers introduce bill to restrict NSA surveillance
A bipartisan coalition of US lawmakers have introduced a new bill that would protect Americans’ rights against unnecessary government surveillance. […]
Like CCPA, But Make it Virginia: States Scramble to Introduce Data Privacy Legislation of Their Own
With companies still scrambling to comply with the newly effective California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), other states continue to introduce […]
14% of Android app privacy policies contain contradictions about data collection
An analysis of 11,430 Play Store apps found that 14.2% used a privacy policy with contradicting statements about user data […]
Facebook is ordered to hand over data about thousands of apps that may have violated user privacy
A Massachusetts judge rejected the tech giant’s earlier attempt to withhold the evidence from state officials investigating its privacy practices. […]
US Government-funded Android phones come preinstalled with unremovable malware
An Android phone subsidized by the US government for low-income users comes preinstalled with malware that can’t be removed without […]
What we’ve learned from California’s Consumer Privacy Act so far
Though CCPA went into force Jan.1, some of the law’s implications are already becoming clear. First, privacy is not cheap. […]
Lawmakers push bipartisan update to children’s online privacy law
House lawmakers are introducing a bipartisan bill Thursday to update a long-standing children’s online privacy law so that parents could […]
State Legislatures Are Off to the Privacy Races
New Hampshire legislators introduced new data privacy legislation, New Hampshire House Bill 1680. The legislation is similar to the California […]
EU Parliament debates if California could be considered ‘adequate’
Members of the Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs discussed in depth the European Commission’s report, issued […]
Ten Questions—And Answers—About the California Consumer Privacy Act
You may have heard from a lot of businesses telling you that they’ve updated their privacy policies because of a […]
Google To Settle Lawsuit Over Google+ Data Breaches for $7.5 million
Google has agreed to pay $7.5 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit over data breaches that exposed private information of […]