Change your phone settings so Apple, Google can’t track your movements
Technology companies have been pummeled by revelations about how poorly they protecttheir customers’ personal information, including an in-depth New York Times…
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What's Next: A Sneak Peak at Consumer DNA Collection’s Dangerous Road + SEC's Early Loss on a Crypto ICO
"Stanford Law’s Jen King is more than familiar with the potential policy pitfalls unique to this area of data collection. As director of consumer privacy f…
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Yahoo, Bucking Industry, Scans Emails for Data to Sell Advertisers
"Oath is testing the boundaries of what users may be comfortable sharing. Unlike with web-browsing habits and search histories, many users expect a greater…
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What Is GDPR and Why Should You Care?
""Some companies may realize it’s better to just extend GDPR protections to all their customers, period, rather than one one policy for European citiz…
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Farm Bill’s Database on Food Stamp Recipients Stirs Privacy Fear
"Danielle Citron, a professor of law at the University of Maryland who has written on privacy issues, is also skeptical of the database, saying “there’s no…
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If Facebook gets regulated, thank vegans
"Danielle Citron, chairwoman the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a group that focuses on emerging data privacy and civil liberties issues, says the…
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Data Analytics, App Developers, and Facebook’s Role in Data Misuse
Facebook has come under increased scrutiny in recent months, the social media giant’s efforts to protect its users’ data questioned. Now, it has come to light…
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Welcome to the neighbourhood. Have you read the terms of service?
""The whole point of a smart city is that everything that can be collected will be collected," says Al Gidari, the director of privacy at Stanfor…
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Big Brother on wheels: Why your car company may know more about you than your spouse.
"The law has been unable to keep up with rapid advancements in auto technology, according to Ryan Calo, an associate professor of law at the University of…
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As mass data collection becomes the norm, concerns about surveillance are growing
"This is why conversations regarding smart city data collection sometimes miss the point. Albert Gidari, Director of Privacy at the Stanford Centre for Int…
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Sensor tracks who is driving in your neighbourhood
"“One of the great weaknesses in US privacy law is that we only protect against intrusions into private areas, not public spaces,” said Albert Gidari, dire…
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Your Roomba May Be Mapping Your Home, Collecting Data That Could Be Shared
"Albert Gidari, director of privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said that if iRobot did share the data, it would raise a variety of le…