Biden signs an EO to implement Privacy Shield 2.0, the EU-US data transfer framework seeking to address EU concerns of surveillance by US intelligence agencies
- President Joe Biden signed an executive order to implement a new framework to protect the privacy of personal data shared between the U.S. and Europe.
Biden signs an EO to implement Privacy Shield 2.0, the EU-US data transfer framework seeking to address EU concerns of surveillance by US intelligence agencies
- President Joe Biden signed an executive order to implement a new framework to protect the privacy of personal data shared between the U.S. and Europe.
Biden signs an EO to implement Privacy Shield 2.0, the EU-US data transfer framework seeking to address EU concerns of surveillance by US intelligence agencies
- President Joe Biden signed an executive order to implement a new framework to protect the privacy of personal data shared between the U.S. and Europe.
Biden signs an EO to implement Privacy Shield 2.0, the EU-US data transfer framework seeking to address EU concerns of surveillance by US intelligence agencies
- President Joe Biden signed an executive order to implement a new framework to protect the privacy of personal data shared between the U.S. and Europe.
The White House unveils six proposals for tech policy reform aimed at competition, algorithms, and safety on social platforms, and suggests Section 230 changes
for a Good Reason Alfonso Maruccia / TechSpot : White House consults experts, lays down a six-point plan to increase Big Tech accountability GovTech : White House Outlines Guiding ...
The White House unveils six proposals for tech policy reform aimed at competition, algorithms, and safety on social platforms, and suggests Section 230 changes
The White House on Thursday praised “bipartisan interest in Congress in passing legislation to protect privacy” …
The EU and US reach a preliminary deal to store data about Europeans on US soil, after the EU declared the previous pact illegal in 2020
leaving U.S. companies in the lurch. https://twitter.com/... @dcms : We welcome the announcement of an agreement in principle on adequacy between the EU and the US Global events sh...
Sources: Life360, a family safety app with 33M users, has sold users' precise location since 2016 and is one of the location data broker industry's top sources
family safety app Life360. Life360 sells location data from its 33 million users to about a dozen data brokers, including X-Mode, Safegraph, and Cuebiq. https://themarkup.org/... W...
Analysis of 23K+ websites of nonprofits: about 86% had third-party cookies or trackers, with some, like Planned Parenthood, tracking user keystrokes
some of which have made a business of assembling and selling access to masses of digital data about people's habits.” https://themarkup.org/... Mike Masnick / @mmasnick : Why is Pl...
Facebook says it did not notify users about the 2019 data leak affecting 533M accounts at the time and doesn't plan to do so now
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc did not notify the more than 530 million users whose details were obtained through the misuse of a feature before 2019 and recently …
Singapore now says local law enforcement can access COVID-19 contact tracing data; 78% of its population has adopted the TraceTogether app and wearable token
Eileen Yu / ZDNet :
Some police departments in California and Georgia have started using autonomous drones this year to track vehicles and people, raising civil rights questions
In one Southern California city, flying drones with artificial intelligence are aiding investigations while presenting new civil rights questions. Tweets: @matt_cagle , @jessicaram...
Five Eyes governments as well as India and Japan make a new call for backdoors into products that are end-to-end encrypted
A number of experts have pointed to the information … Manik Berry / Fossbytes : Five Eyes, India, And Japan Want ‘Backdoor’ To End-To-End Encryption Phil Muncaster / infosecurity-m...
Amazon says it will ban police from using Rekognition for one year, as Congress “appears ready” to place stronger regulations on facial recognition tech
- Amazon said on Wednesday that it's putting in place a one-year moratorium on police use of Rekognition.
A look at EARN IT Act, a bipartisan bill to make firms earn Section 230 protections by meeting standards that reduce child exploitation but weaken data privacy
Backers of the EARN IT Act focus on protecting children from being exploited, but security experts say the bill actually chips away at your encrypted messages.
When former tech execs reinvent themselves as experts on taming Big Tech, they seize attention and resources, which undermines the work of independent activists
The tech executive turned data justice warrior is celebrated as a truth-telling hero, but there's something a bit too smooth about this narrative arc.
In a tweet, Trump criticizes Apple for refusing to unlock phones of violent criminals and says his administration helps Apple “all of the time” on trade
- In a tweet, president Donald Trump addressed the conflict between the FBI and Apple over locked iPhones used by the suspected Pensacola shooter.
In a tweet, Trump criticizes Apple for refusing to unlock phones of violent criminals and says his administration helps Apple “all of the time” on trade
- In a tweet, president Donald Trump addressed the conflict between the FBI and Apple over locked iPhones used by the suspected Pensacola shooter.
In a tweet, Trump criticizes Apple for refusing to unlock phones of violent criminals and says his administration helps Apple “all of the time” on trade
- In a tweet, president Donald Trump addressed the conflict between the FBI and Apple over locked iPhones used by the suspected Pensacola shooter.
After AG Barr called on Apple to unlock Pensacola shooter's iPhones, Apple releases statement rejecting backdoors but highlighting its help in the investigation
“We reject the characterization that Apple has not provided substantive assistance in the Pensacola investigation," the company said in a statement.