Government Surveillance NSA Phone Surveillance Program Faces an End as Parties Come Together | The Wall Street Journal ACLU Sues Homeland Security over ‘Stingray’ Cell Phone Surveillance | TechCrunch Republicans Condemn FBI’s Use of Surveillance Powers they Long Supported |
Category: News and Updates
Privacy News for December 6th
Libraries and Privacy LinkedIn Pauses Changes to Lynda.com After Libraries Raise Privacy Concerns | EdSurge Biometric Privacy DHS Withdraws Proposal to Require Airport Facial Scans for U.S. Citizens | The Washington Post Seattle to Replace Air and Sea Travel Documents
Privacy News for November 22
Biometrics Privacy AWS Sued Under Illinois Biometric Privacy Rules for Providing Third-Party Storage | BiometricUpdate.com Encryption Why End-to-End Encryption is Here to Stay | Forbes Exclusive: Interpol Plans to Condemn Encryption Spread, Citing Predators, Sources Say | The New York
Privacy News for November 15
Laws, Regulations, and Legislation Federal Court Rules Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and Laptops Unconstitutional | ACLU Microsoft to Employ California’s Digital Privacy Law Nationwide | CNET Online Privacy Act Introduced in Congress | Jurist Stalemate in Use of DNA
Privacy News for November 8
Libraries and Privacy Anonymous Signs Help Brookline Library Patrons Find Sensitive Information | Wicked Local Brookline Everyday Surveillance Leaked Documents Show Facebook Leveraged User Data to Fight Rivals and Help Friends | NBC News Shadowy Data Brokers Make the Most
Privacy News for November 1
Encryption BBC News Launches ‘Dark Web’ Tor Mirror | BBC China Passes Law Regulating Data Encryption | Engadget Laws, Regulations, and Legislation U.S. States and Territories Data Breach Statutes [updated/searchable] | JDSupra Thought Pieces What Happens to Stolen Healthcare Data?
Privacy News for October 25
Lengthy explorations of the surveillance of school children and the poor, Comcast lobbies against encryption, and a deep dive into the NordVPN breach.
Privacy News for October 18
In this week’s privacy news update: Snowden Explains how Without Encryption We Lose All Privacy, Pew Finds Americans Don’t Understand Digital Security, and Italian and Dutch Escort Forum User Data is up for Sale.
Privacy News for October 11
Government Surveillance The Same FBI that Wants to Destroy Encryption is Still Illegally Snooping on Americans | Reason Everyday Surveillance How Photos of Your Kids are Powering Surveillance Technology | The New York Times Biometric Privacy At Some Airports, Your
Privacy News for October 4
In this week’s privacy news update: significant expansion of migrant DNA collection planned, Russian tax records exposed online, and in-depth coverage of the role big data plays in deportation.