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Featured:
1-31: Appeals Court: Police Do Not Need A Reason To Place Americans On A Suspicious Person List
1-31: Apple’s Empty Grandstanding About Privacy
1-31: The doorbells have eyes: Privacy battle brews over home security cameras
1-31: Google Blocked Some Ads. It Wants to Prevent You From Blocking the Rest.
1-30: Facebook just hired a handful of its toughest privacy critics
1-30: Facebook revenue soars despite growing privacy concerns
1-30: Tech Group Favors Privacy Bill That Preempts Tougher State Laws
1-30: Prisons Across the U.S. Are Quietly Building Databases of Incarcerated People’s Voice Prints
1-30: Apple hits back at Facebook for privacy-invasive VPN targeted at teens
1-30: Facebook shuts controversial program to pay Apple users for data
1-29: Walgreens, Nestlé, Coors And More Use Iris-Tracking Cameras To Spy On Shoppers
1-29: The 5G Protocol May Still Be Vulnerable to IMSI Catchers
1-29: How should we regulate facial-recognition technology?
1-29: New map sheds light on global data protection
1-29: A Bounty Hunter Tracked a Phone for $300. Now Comes the Lawsuit
1-28: Android Q might ship with more privacy protections
1-28: Artificial intelligence could identify you and your health history from your step tracker
1-28: Artificial Intelligence Is Already Sending People To Jail — And Getting It Wrong
1-28: Google’s Sidewalk Labs Plans to Package and Sell Location Data on Millions of Cellphones
1-28: The Case of the Bumbling Spy: A Watchdog Group Gets Him on Camera
1-28: Exclusive: Snapchat Weighs What Was Once Unthinkable-Permanent Snaps
1-25: Just keep slurping: HMRC adds two million taxpayers’ voices to biometric database (UK)
1-25: How To See What Facebook, Google, And Twitter Know About You
1-25: Researchers say Amazon face-detection technology shows bias
1-24: Report finds friends have a lot to do with personal privacy
1-24: Period-Tracking Apps Are Monetizing Women’s Extremely Personal Data
1-24: Autonomic CEO Gavin Sherry on Mobility, China, and Data Privacy
1-24: Amazon is pushing facial-recognition technology that a new study says could be biased
1-23: Big Tech went big on lobbying spending and privacy advocates are concerned
1-22: In the Rush to Join the Smart Home Crowd, Buyers Should Beware
1-22: EU Privacy Law Snares Its First Tech Giant: Google
1-21: Do you need a digital license plate? One startup thinks so
1-21: The Nazis and your privacy
1-19: Are ‘10-Year Challenge’ Photos a Boon to Facebook’s Facial Recognition Technology?
1-18: If Google and LG Like Smart TVs, So Should the Privacy Police
1-17: Three quarters of US Facebook users unaware their online behavior gets tracked
1-17: Huawei’s Many Troubles: Bans, Alleged Spies, and Backdoors
1-17: This Airbnb Spying Nightmare Is a Reminder That Staying in Strangers’ Homes Is Still Creepy
1-16: Most Users Still Don’t Know How Facebook Advertising Works
1-16: Would you pay for online privacy? Survey says most wouldn’t
1-16: Advocacy groups ask companies to stop sales of surveillance tech to government
1-15: Ahem, Amazon, Google, Microsoft… Selling face-snooping tech to the Feds is bad, mmm’kay?
1-15: DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps for local searches on the web
1-15: FCC’s Ajit Pai won’t meet Congress about phone-tracking scandal
1-15: How GPS Tracking Technology Can Curb Domestic Violence
1-15: Questions Raised Over How Amazon And Walgreens Are Using Customer Data
1-14: The shutdown’s impact on government privacy work
1-12: Privacy Concerns Largely Ignored At Annual Consumer Electronics Show
1-12: Security News This Week: Employees May Have Snooped on Ring Security Camera Feeds
1-11: How to protect yourself from email tracking
1-10: Amazon will win advertising dollars away from Facebook amid privacy concerns, a new survey suggests
1-10: For Owners of Amazon’s Ring Security Cameras, Strangers May Have Been Watching Too
1-10: Your Old Tweets Give Away More Location Data Than You Think
1-9: Apple reportedly hires Facebook critic in privacy role
1-9: Carriers Swore They’d Stop Selling Location Data. Will They Ever?
1-8: FYI: Twitter’s API still spews enough metadata to reveal exactly where you lived, worked
1-7: Apple burns Google in giant billboard touting privacy at CES
1-4: LA County Sues IBM’s Weather Channel for User Location Tracking
Local (PNW):
1-29: Legislature should strengthen digital consumer data protections
1-23: Washington state’s new CISO is the final piece of IT agency’s transformation, CIO says
1-23: Washington Privacy Act proposed in state legislature
1-22: Washington state considers new privacy law to regulate data collection and facial recognition tech
Govt (Fed):
1-29: These Wireless Location Data Scandals Are Going To Be A Very Big Problem For Ajit Pai
1-28: Appeals court to hear case of reporter alleging surveillance
1-25: Supreme Court Has The Chance To Extend Fourth Amendment Protections To Apartment Residents
1-24: Federal court in Seattle will disclose surveillance records when investigators access data
1-23: Frustration grows over FTC’s lack of privacy enforcement
1-22: Looks like Uncle Sam has pulled its finger out and appointed a Privacy Shield ombudsperson
1-18: Sen. Markey calls for privacy protections before FAA loosens drone rules
1-18: Sen. Marco Rubio wants to ban states from protecting consumer privacy
1-17: Is it time for a federal data protection agency?
1-16: Report: Facebook’s privacy lapses may result in record fine
1-16: US comms watchdog’s industry-friendly 5G rules challenged by fresh legislation
1-16: Battle lines forming ahead of a looming US privacy law fight
1-16: Sen. Marco Rubio is latest lawmaker to propose federal privacy law
1-15: Ajit Pai gives carriers free pass on privacy violations during FCC shutdown
1-15: Government can’t force people to unlock phones using facial recognition, fingerprints: federal judge
1-15: The Most Powerful Person in Tech Is … David Cicilline?
1-14: Feds to ease rules on drone flights over crowds and at night
1-10: Senators call for location data investigation
1-8: Sen. Ron Wyden: Facebook bosses ‘racking up the Pinocchios’ on consumer data uses
1-8: Senator Wyden goes ballistic after US telcos caught selling people’s location data yet again
1-5: Data privacy abuses prompt calls for Federal Trade Commission to bare teeth
Govt (States & Cities):
1-30: On data privacy, state AGs say they’re following California’s lead
1-28: States Trying To Legislatively Kick “Smart” Meters To The Curb Now Include Montana
1-28: Victory! Illinois Supreme Court Protects Biometric Privacy
1-26: Florida bank shooting becomes a test of new privacy law
1-25: Houston using Hurricane Harvey recovery to promote ‘smart city’ agenda
1-24: Police Use DHS Machines To Create Private DNA Databases Of “Suspicious People”
1-22: Growth of police DNA databases raise concerns
1-21: Some small police departments drop bodycams over expense
1-10: Miami Beach PD circumvents ban on drone surveillance with a blimp
1-4: Stormy times ahead for IBM-owned Weather Channel app: LA sues over location data slurp
Policy & Opinion:
1-28: Preparing for the D-Day of technological change will be vital
1-20: Why Silicon Valley’s “growth at any cost” is the new “unsafe at any speed”
1-18: The Sexts of Jeff Bezos and the Death of Privacy
1-17: The Unbearable Untidiness of Our Digital Lives
1-16: How Secrecy Fuels Facebook Paranoia
1-15: Why privacy-risk analysis must not be harm-focused
1-11: How ‘collective confusion’ is preventing a privacy conversation
1-11: If You Value Consent, Stop Following Your Kids Online
1-11: I’ll Do Evil and I’ll Get Rich. You Can Have a Share.
1-10: Facebook Is a Social Menace
1-10: Privacy Act’s 25th Anniversary: Changes and challenges of the privacy professional
1-10: US federal privacy preemption part 2: Examining preemption proposals
1-9: US federal privacy preemption part 1: History of federal preemption of stricter state laws
1-9: If Your Privacy Is in the Hands of Others Alone, You Don’t Have Any
1-7: Home items are getting smarter and creepier, like it or not
1-7: This little-known facial-recognition accuracy test has big influence
1-6: The Guardian view on privacy: a fundamental human right
1-6: We Should Be Able to Take Facebook to Court
1-4: Apple on ‘Right Side of History’ in Privacy, Phil Libin Says
1-2: How the US should reimagine its approach to internet privacy
Overseas:
1-31: Australian government cannot handle its own data securely, why give it yours?
1-31: Romford Station, smile! You’re in London cops’ final facial recog ‘trial’
1-29: What happens to ePrivacy under the Romanian presidency?
1-23: Facebook and Google back Labor changes to laws which break encryption (UK)
1-22: Did Australia Hurt Phone Security Around the World?
1-22: Japan mulls changes to privacy laws for overseas tech companies
1-21: France fines Google nearly $57 million for first major violation of new European privacy regime
1-21: Russia opens civil case against Facebook, Twitter over data laws
1-18: The clock is ticking on privacy and cybersecurity for Trudeau’s government (Canada)
1-18: Google Faces Renewed Protests and Criticism Over China Search Project
1-18: Say GDP-aaaRrrgh, streamers: Max Schrems is coming for you, Netflix and Amazon (Austria)
1-18: Clayton asks Alberta government to protect citizens’ data from political parties (Canada)
1-18: India’s Plan to Curb Hate Speech Could Mean More Censorship
1-17: Privacy, trust and My Health Record (NZ)
1-17: Top GP: Medical app Your.MD’s data security wasn’t my remit (UK)
1-14: India’s Move to Probe Any Computer Comes Under Top Court’s Lens
1-14: German watchdog will reportedly order Facebook to stop gathering some data
1-14: Huawei sacks employee arrested for allegedly spying for China
1-10: Lawmaker introduces DNA bill despite privacy concerns (India)
1-4: Canadian privacy pros offer predictions for 2019
1-3: It’s 2019, and from Beijing to Blighty folk are still worried about slurp-happy apps
Tech:
1-30: Firefox update offers new privacy features
1-30: Want a bit of privacy? Got a USB stick? Welcome to TAILS 3.12
1-29: Privacy products you may want to know about: January/February
1-17: It’s Time for a Google Fitness Watch
1-15: This Startup Wants to Check the Ripeness of Coffee Beans From Space
1-15: Nike’s New $350 Smart Sneaker Will Require Regular Recharging
1-15: The Race to Create the Coolest Smart Home Devices Is Hotter Than Ever
1-11: A New Camera Turns Its Gaze to the Driver—and Everyone Else
1-7: Is this the future of retail? We checked out the new high-tech store from Microsoft and Kroger
1-4: Microsoft reportedly testing a tool for managing and deleting personal data collected online
1-4: Encryption? This time it’ll be usable, Thunderbird promises
Books/Media/Podcasts/Misc:
1-29: Warning! Everything Is Going Deep: ‘The Age of Surveillance Capitalism’
1-28: Top security and privacy TED Talks from 2018
1-22: Full Q&A: McSweeney’s editor Claire Boyle and EFF boss Cindy Cohn on Recode Decode
1-18: The Week in Tech: How Google and Facebook Spawned Surveillance Capitalism
1-15: Hacker for Hire