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The FTC May (Finally) Protect Americans From Data Brokers | WIRED
by Justin Sherman
September 6, 2022
On August 29, the Federal Trade Commission announced it had filed a landmark lawsuit against data broker Kochava for “selling…
FTC Explores Rules Cracking Down on Commercial Surveillance and Lax Data Security Practices | Federal Trade Commission
by Federal Trade Commission
August 15, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission today announced it is exploring rules to crack down on harmful commercial surveillance and lax data…
How Tor Is Fighting—and Beating—Russian Censorship | WIRED
by Matt Burgess
August 10, 2022
For years, the anonymity service Tor has been the best way to stay private online and dodge web censorship. Much to…
A Cyberattack Illuminates the Shaky State of Student Privacy | The New York Times
by Natasha Singer
August 10, 2022
At a moment when education technology firms are stockpiling sensitive information on millions of school children, safeguards for student data…
Job Opportunity: Senior Associate, Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law
by Georgetown Law
July 26, 2022
The Center on Privacy & Technology seeks a Senior Associate to lead the Center’s research and advocacy in the area…
Dialogues & Debates | Mozilla Festival
July 26, 2022
On Tuesday, July 26, three experts at the intersection of online privacy and digital rights will unpack these questions, and…
Private security groups regularly sent Minnesota police misinformation about protestors | MIT Technology Review
by Tate Ryan-Mosley and Sam Richards
July 7, 2022
When US marshals shot and killed a 32-year-old Black man named Winston Boogie Smith Jr. in a parking garage in…
Big Tech remains silent on questions about data privacy in a post-Roe world | MIT Technology Review
by Abby Ohlheiser and Hana Kiros
June 29, 2022
Google says in its terms of service that the company reserves the right to remove any content that violates the…
The biggest privacy risks in seeking abortion care in post-Roe America | The Verge
by Russell Brandom, Nicole Wetsman, Corin Faife, and Mary Beth Griggs
June 29, 2022
For millions of Americans, finding abortion services in the US just became a legal minefield. With the Supreme Court’s ruling…