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How Wireless Carriers Get Permission to Share Your Whereabouts
"“That was a green light for telecommunications carriers to monetize customer location data,” said Stanford University law professor Al Gidari, who helped…
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Alexa and other smart speakers may endanger privacy rights
"“If you install a private corporation’s microphone-enabled device in your house, you should count on the fact that third parties may well access the infor…
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This Is How Alexa Can Record Private Conversations
"People have been willing to overlook glitches in the Echo, like it turning on accidentally or without the wake word being uttered, said Ryan Calo, an asso…
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We know you're not reading all those new terms of service emails. You might want to.
"Northeastern professor Woodrow Hartzog, whose new book, Privacy’s Blueprint, published last month, calls the law a “watershed moment,” saying it’s built o…
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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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Data Privacy: New EU Laws Coming in May
"The European Union is expected to implement sweeping new data privacy laws in May. Known as the General Data Protection Regulation, they will restrict how…
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Amazon will now deliver to your car — but you might pay for it in privacy
"“If you trust Amazon with your data, as many people do, then delivery to the trunk of your car is a safe way to getting your package, and perhaps safer th…
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A Match.com glitch reactivated a bunch of old profiles, raising concerns about user data
"There probably are good reasons to keep deleted profiles for some period of time — for example, to prevent or detect repeat users or fake users, etc,” Alb…
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Google Responds to Troubling Report of Apps Tracking Kids
"Scott Shackelford, associate professor of Business Law and Ethics at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, and Cybersecurity Program Chair,…
Here’s why tech companies abuse our data: because we let them
We live in an e-commerce utopia. I can call out orders and my demands are satisfied through an automated, seamless transaction. I just have to ask Alexa, or Sir…
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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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Professor uses student ID card data to help predict dropouts
"Albert Gidari, director of privacy at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet & Society, believes the University of Arizona could run into sever…