Category: News and Updates

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

Read More Privacy News for November 8

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?

Read More Privacy News for November 1

Lengthy explorations of the surveillance of school children and the poor, Comcast lobbies against encryption, and a deep dive into the NordVPN breach.

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.

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

Read More Privacy News for October 11

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.

Everyday Surveillance How Your Private Illinois Tollway Data is Shared with Cops and Divorce Lawyers | WBEZ Chicago Biometric Privacy Class Action Targets Vimeo Under IL Biometrics Law for Facial Scans in Magisto Video Production App | Cook County Record

Read More Privacy News for September 27

Everyday Surveillance Secret F.B.I. Subpoenas Scoop Up Personal Data From Scores of Companies | New York Times You Watch TV. Your TV Watches Back | The Washington Post A privacy lawyer set up a smart TV. Here’s what happened |

Read More Privacy News for September 20

Everyday Surveillance No Body’s Business But Mine: How Menstruation Apps Are Sharing Your Data | Privacy International Microsoft’s Privacy Policy Admits Contractors Listen to Cortana, Skype Recordings: There’s no Way to Opt out for Now | PCWorld Computer Science Curriculums

Read More Privacy News for September 13