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The Criminal NSA
Jennifer Granick's opinion piece "The Criminal NSA" co-authored with CIS affiliate scholar Christopher Sprigman has been published in the New York…
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Driverless Cars Are Likely to Get Boost From DOT Ruling
""Connected cars aren't the same thing as automated cars, but at some point they converge," says Bryant Walker Smith, a lecturer at Stanford…
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Mozilla plotting block- and allow-lists for tracking Firefox cookies
""Today Mozilla is committing to work with Aleecia [McDonald of CIS] and the CCH Advisory Board, whose members include Opera Software, to develop the…
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Third-Party Blocking Moves Forward For Mozilla’s Firefox Browser
"After a period of review, Firefox decided to go ahead with plans to block third-party cookies for its new version of the web browser. The non-profit organ…
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US privacy violations among legal concerns of FBI drone usage
FBI Director Robert Mueller’s admission of domestic drone use by the agency has raised red flags among privacy advocates and anti-drone activists and has surpri…
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Stanford joins Mozilla in war on cookies
""Internet users are starting to understand that their online activities are closely monitored, often by companies they have never heard of before,&qu…
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Mozilla and Stanford Pitch New Cookie Blocking Approach
"Mozilla and Stanford will support opt-out cookies set by the Digital Advertising Alliance, which operates the ad industry’s Ad Choices privacy program, an…
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Firefox Web browser to move ahead plan to block tracking
"The clearest losers in Mozilla’s plan will be companies that track users without their knowledge. They will be permitted to request permission to place a…
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Who tracks the trackers? Firefox to monitor ad cookies
"The Cookie Clearinghouse, created by Stanford's Center for Internet and Society, aims to centralize the cookie-management process by keeping a list of…
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Consumer Watchdog Praises Mozilla For Taking New Steps To Protect Privacy Online
"Mozilla made today’s announcement after Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society launched a “Cookie Clearinghouse.” The clearinghouse, create…
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New Stanford Initiative Helps Browser Developers Refine Cookie-Blocking
"The new Cookie Clearinghouse, helmed by Stanford privacy expert Aleecia McDonald, hopes to enable browser developers to block third-party cookies -- such…
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Mozilla Moves Ahead With Do Not Track Browser
""The Cookie Clearinghouse will create, maintain and publish objective information," Aleecia McDonald, director of privacy at CIS, said in a stat…