The Bootlegger, the Wiretap, and the Beginning of Privacy
How a Prohibition-era rum-runner ended up at the center of America’s evolving conception of Fourth Amendment rights. Source: The Bootlegger, […]
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What Anthem’s Settlement Reveals About Future Data Breach Suits
Anthem’s decision to pay $115 million to settle a class action suit brought as a result of the 2015 data […]
White House says privacy lawsuit hurts voter fraud investigation
The Trump administration challenged a lawsuit that aims to prevent a White House panel investigating voter fraud from obtaining individual […]
FBI: 2016 Losses to Cybercrime Exceeded $1.3 Billion
Not exactly chump change, huh? Cybercrime is big business and the recently issued FBI 2016 Internet Crime Report makes that […]
To tackle Google’s power, regulators have to go after its ownership of data
The problem with regulating technology companies is that, faced with tough new rules, they can eventually innovate their way out, […]
FTC shuts down Blue Global for sharing consumers’ loan-application data
The Federal Trade Commission said it halted the operations of Blue Global Media after the company earned millions of dollars […]
How Donald Trump has nudged French CIOs still further from US cloud storage
French CIOs are looking at alternatives to storing data with US-based suppliers. Source: How Donald Trump has nudged French CIOs […]
Five Eyes Unlimited: What A Global Anti-Encryption Regime Could Look Like
Heads of the intelligence services of Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States – the “Five […]
Why We Need a Transatlantic Charter for Data Security and Mobility
Setting common guidelines for data flows is crucial both to protect the goods and services that already depend on big […]
Rhode Island highway surveillance bill raises privacy concerns
Rhode Island Senate debtes a bill that calls for the installation of a system on area highways that would scan license […]
Delta Bets on Facial Recognition, Self-Service Kiosks at Twin Cities Airport
In partnership with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Delta is also testing the technology at international boarding gates in Atlanta […]
What is the future of privacy, surveillance and policing technologies under Trump?
As law enforcement technologies are improving, there’s been little talk in the administration about privacy rights in the digital age. […]