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Microsoft Wins Landmark Email Privacy Case
"Omer Tene, VP of research and education at the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), welcomed the ruling as a “resounding affirmation…
Data Privacy
Microsoft just won a big privacy fight with the government. Here’s what that means.
Over the past couple of years, the U.S. government and Microsoft have been fighting a legal battle over whether Microsoft has to provide customers’ email that i…
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Microsoft Wins Major Privacy Victory for Data Held Overseas
"“Microsoft’s victory over the U.S. government is a resounding affirmation of the endurance of privacy in an age marked by constant data transfers in the c…
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Privacy Shield gets nod from EU, ripe for judicial challenge
"“The approval of Privacy Shield, an arrangement facilitating commercial data flows between the EU and U.S., concludes a process set off by the Snowden rev…
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EU, U.S. sign data privacy umbrella agreement
"Industry professionals warn of the economic consequences that the lack of certainty involving data sharing agreements could create. International Associat…
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Why the names of six people who complained of sexual assault were published online by Dallas police
"Balancing the desire for greater transparency and the need to protect the privacy of victims can be a difficult issue for the authorities. And some police…
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Apple 'privacy czars' grapple with internal conflicts over user data
"Key principles include keeping customer data on their devices - rather than in the cloud, on Apple servers - and isolating various types of data so they c…
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Senate takes another crack at bringing email protections into 21st century
""We urge the Senate to advance this common-sense measure, which will begin the process of updating ECPA for the Internet age," wrote Richard Sal…
Facebook's new digital assistant 'M' will need to earn your trust
Facebook’s announcement that it is testing a digital assistant called “M”means that each of the “big five” technology companies is now in the digital assistant…
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Uber Data Collection Changes Should Be Barred, Privacy Group Urges
"“With a cellphone, the I.P. address might get you a city or part of a city,” said Jonathan Mayer, a computer scientist and lawyer at Stanford University.…
They Know Everything About You
Peninsula Peace & Justice Center presents a conversation with Robert Scheer, author and journalist, and Aleecia McDonald, fellow at the Stanford Center for…
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AT&T Offers Data Privacy — for a Price
"Jonathan Mayer, a Stanford University computer scientist who focuses on online monitoring technology, said user tracking by companies that provide both wi…