Major U.S. tech firms press Congress for internet surveillance reforms
Facebook, Amazon and more than two dozen other U.S. technology companies pressed Congress on Friday to make changes to a […]
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Privacy Shield First Annual Joint Review to Take Place in September 2017
EU Commissioner for Justice, Věra Jourová, in her speech on March 31, announced that the joint review of EU-U.S. Privacy […]
Canada’s privacy czar raises flag over planned U.S. border password searches
Canadian privacy could be imperilled by apparent U.S. plans to demand cellphone and social media passwords from foreign visitors, a […]
DEA Used Malware Without Laying Out Privacy Risks
According to a Freedom of Information request, the DEA does not have any Privacy Impact Assessments related to using Hacking […]
Google and Facebook lobbyists try to stop new online privacy protections
Lobbyists for Google, Facebook, and other websites are trying to stop the implementation of a proposed law in the US that […]
Consumers Less Confident About Healthcare, Data Privacy, and Car Safety, New Survey Finds
Consumer Reports’ second Consumer Voices Survey finds consumers’ confidence on healthcare, data privacy, and car safety has fallen since January […]
Airport face recognition could extend to US citizens, says Customs
The US government has rolled out a plan to reshape airport security around facial recognition, playing off a wealth of […]
N.S.A. Halts Collection of Americans’ Emails About Foreign Targets
The National Security Agency (NSA) announced that it has halted its warrantless surveillance program. This program was one of the […]
Facebook transparency report signals need for privacy guidelines
Facebook released its latest Global Government Requests Report covering the second half of 2016. The report shows that over first half 2016 […]
New European Union Financial Rules to Give U.S. Consumers Protection as Well
Thanks to new set of regulations in the European Union, customers of U.S. financial institutions – banks, credit-card companies and insurance […]
Beyond concerns about AI, consumers see usefulness — particularly in cybersecurity, privacy
Almost two-thirds of American consumers welcome advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and cybersecurity is among the areas where assistance […]
Facebook Privacy Settlement Moves Forward
A federal judge in California has tentatively approved Facebook’s settlement of a class-action accusing the company of scanning users’ private […]