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California's CCPA Gets Enforcement Teeth Today
"This could all lead to soaring fines, warned Omer Tene, vice president and chief knowledge officer at the International Association of Privacy Professiona…
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There’s Now an Even Worse Anti-Encryption Bill Than EARN IT. That Doesn’t Make the EARN IT Bill OK.
On Tuesday, June 23, Senators Graham (R-SC), Cotton (R-AR), and Blackburn (R-TN) introduced a bill that is a full-frontal nuclear assault on encryption in the U…
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Apple is finally making it easy to hide from trackers
"“The devil will be in the details of implementation,” Jen King, the director of consumer privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society,…
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Oracle’s BlueKai tracks you across the web. That data spilled online
"Jonathan Mayer, a science professor at Princeton University, told TechCrunch that BlueKai is one of the leading systems for linking data. “If you have th…
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Some NBA players skeptical of wearable devices to be used inside Disney World bubble
"There are skeptics of wearable devices. Ryan Calo, an associate professor of law at the University of Washington, looks at these high-tech privacy issues…
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Relying on Silicon Valley to organize makes some protesters uneasy
""It's tricky," said Jen King, director of consumer privacy at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society, noting how ubiquito…
The dangers of tech-driven solutions to COVID-19
Imagine a world in which governments and tech firms collaborate seamlessly and benevolently to fight the spread of COVID-19. Public-health officials use automat…
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Geofence warrants: How police can use protesters' phones against them
""We vigorously protect the privacy of our users while supporting the important work of law enforcement. We developed a process specifically for these…
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Terms of Disservice: A roundtable on digital privacy
This week on Galley, we're hosting a series of roundtable discussions about digital privacy, competition, algorithmic accountability and proposals for a new…
Security Experts' Letter on Transparency in Terrorist Content Regulation
This June 2020 letter from security researchers and practitioners urges that EU lawmakers finalizing the Terrorist Content Regulation preserve robust transparen…
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Contact Tracing Apps Aren't Going to Solve the Pandemic
"For all the hurdles and drawbacks, contact tracing apps are well worth using, says Albert Gidari, consulting director of privacy at the Stanford Center fo…
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David Magerman’s Big Plan to Burn Down the Internet
"These apps, says Jen King, director of consumer privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, “are basically just a front for collecti…