US clash over EU privacy rules stymies European funds
US concerns over EU data protection rules are hindering the ability of European hedge funds to raise money from investors […]
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Democrats aren’t buying Big Tech’s latest privacy proposal
Discussions involving data privacy have heated up in Congress, and new federal legislation now seems inevitable. A leading technology policy […]
Lawsuit against weather app sign of things to come?
Last week , the office of the Los Angeles City Attorney, Mike Feuer, filed a complaint against The Weather Channel […]
Facebook Data Scandals Stoke Criticism That a Privacy Watchdog Too Rarely Bites
Lawmakers, consumer advocates and even former commission officials were clamoring for tough action against Facebook, arguing that it had violated […]
California Could Soon Have Its Own Version of the Internet
In 2018, the state reimposed net neutrality, established a privacy regime, and set bot rules. Will the moves splinter the […]
Court tosses lawsuit over Google Photos’ facial recognition
A Chicago judge has granted Google a motion dismissing a lawsuit accusing the company of violating Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy […]
Privacy Law Showdown Between Congress and Tech Looms in 2019
This summer, California’s state legislature passed a groundbreaking bill that would give residents unprecedented control over their data. The law […]
Why the FTC is Taking a New Look at Facebook Privacy
After a yearlong string of news reports that have called Facebook’s data-sharing practices into question, federal regulators are taking a […]
Airport Surveillance Takes Off in a New, Dangerous Direction
In 2018, we learned that expanded biometric surveillance is coming to an airport near you. This includes face recognition, iris […]
New FPF Study Documents More Than 150 European Companies Participating in the EU-US Data Transfer Mechanism
Week ago the European Commission published its second annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, finding that “the U.S. continues […]
US told to appoint a damn Privacy Shield ombudsperson already or EU will take action
The European Commission’s second annual review of the Privacy Shield agreement made similar noises to last year’s, concluding the deal […]
EU-US Privacy Shield passes second annual review
Despite the lack of a permanent ombudsperson, the European Commission confirmed on Wednesday that the Privacy Shield had passed its second […]