Meaningful Data Minimization
Data minimization—the requirement that entities should collect, process, or transfer only personal data that is necessary and proportionate to a particular purp…
Data Privacy
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From Pokémon Go to Facebook, here’s how to protect your privacy on apps
"“There’s still a whole ecosystem predicated on sucking as much information from people’s phones as possible,” Jen King, the director of consumer privacy a…
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You Give Apps Sensitive Personal Information. Then They Tell Facebook.
"Privacy lawyers say the collection of health data by nonhealth entities is legal in most U.S. states, provided there is sufficient disclosure in an app’s…
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Facebook Emails Reveal Debates Over Selling Data Access
"Woodrow Hartzog, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University, said the documents could raise concerns about antitrust and how Faceb…
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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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Amazon's Accent Recognition Technology Could Tell the Government Where You're From
"If voice-based accent detection can determine a person’s ethnic background, it opens up a new category of information that is incredibly interesting to th…
Facebook’s Failure to End ‘Public by Default’
Co-authored by Woodrow Hartzog and Evan Selinger Turns out, you can’t create an idyllic global village by fetishizing connecting people. In the most recent cha…
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Experts say USMCA frees Canadian data — with unknown risks
"“I think, realistically, if you’re looking at superpower intelligence agencies, they would be able to access the data regardless of whether it’s stored in…
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During Senate Hearing, Tech Companies Push for Lax Federal Privacy Rules
"Tech companies are rushing to get a seat at the table for a federal data privacy framework that could have major implications for their businesses. The pu…
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Just Don’t Call It Privacy
"California recently passed a new privacy law that would give Californians some power over the data companies’ hold on them. Industry groups hope to defang…
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Google Reportedly Bought Your Banking Data in Secret, and That's Not Even the Bad News
"“The laws are strict,” Dr. Jennifer King from Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society told Gizmodo. “But if you’re doing kind of a one-off o…
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Is Apple Really Your Privacy Hero?
"If Apple wants to truly be an advocate for consumer privacy, it could take the lead in building a better system—one that lets its customers more directly…