In this week’s privacy news: the NSA dumps records it wasn’t authorized to receive, big tech goes after CA’s new privacy law, Smart TVs, Facebook, Google and genealogy sites overshare, a data breach in Connecticut results in $1.4 million in lost college savings, plus other news about privacy and surveillance.
Category: News and Updates
Privacy News and Views for June 29
In this week’s privacy news: a court victory for data privacy, California’s sweeping new privacy law, how social media deceives by design, student privacy, lost Facebook data, data breaches galore, plus more.
More than a week – ‘Choose Privacy’ is now an everyday choice
Beginning this week, the American Library Association’s “Choose Privacy” website has a new look and a new URL — chooseprivacyeveryday.org — which emphasizes the importance of preserving patron privacy and data security in today’s libraries every day of the year.
Privacy News and Views for June 15
This week’s privacy news: surveillance cameras in the cities and on the border, the feds’ new biometric database, scholars & ‘Big Data,’ how user agreements are betraying you, Facebook and youth data collection, Apple closes an encryption loophole, a librarian sues Equifax and wins, & more.
Privacy News and Views for June 8
This week in the news: #ChoosePrivacy at ALA Annual, disparate impacts of surveillance, another Facebook Oopsie (or two), states are regulating to protect data privacy, and a scary new federal database collecting our personal information.
Privacy News and Views for June 1
The week’s privacy news: what GDPR means for libraries (& you!), Apple sees increase in NSL #surveillance, Twitter blocking underage users, bad news for PGP, blockchain in libraries, and more.
Privacy News and Views for May 25
Happy GDPR Day for those residing in the EU! This week’s #privacy news looks at the GDPR and its impact, the Border Patrol’s expanded search & seizure rights, corporate location data surveillance, facial recognition as a school discipline tool, encryption debates, and more.
Privacy News and Views for May 18
This week’s #privacy news: Supremes uphold 4th Amendment rights in rental car search, debates on FERPA and student privacy, data leaks at Facebook & Chili’s, tracking firm reveals location of every smartphone user in US, encryption backdoors, eFail, and more.
Privacy News and Views for May 11
The 5/11 #privacy news roundup: Stop Saying Privacy, Start Saying Data Protection; tracking the poor and imprisoned; NSA ramps up #surveillance, automating inequality, genetic data for the taking, the Equifax breach by the numbers, and more.
Privacy News and Views for May 4
The May 4 privacy news roundup, with a focus on Choose Privacy Week, privacy and social justice, corporate surveillance, minors’ privacy, and more.