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After Apple VS. FBI, GOP Evades Encryption Question
"Riana Pfefferkorn, the cryptography fellow at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society, told BuzzFeed News that it’s become standard for both parties to…
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Google Receives Record Amount of Government Requests for User Data
"Richard Salgado, a legal director at Google, said in a Monday blog post announcing the new report that the disclosure information, which ranges back to 20…
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Turkey's Erdogan used social media he despises to stay in power
""They're unwilling to shut down services and take a hit to their own ability to communicate," said Andrew McLaughlin, the former U.S. Deputy…
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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…
The Microsoft Ireland Case and the Future of Digital Privacy
This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous we…
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Google: Requests for data rose in second half of 2015
"In a blog post, Richard Salgado, Google’s legal director for law enforcement and information security, praised the recent adoption of the Privacy Shield a…
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Does Snapchat’s Lenses feature violate Illinois’ biometrics law?
"“In this particular case, it's not clear that Snapchat even used face recognition technology in a way that would implicate BIPA,” Yana Welinder, a law…
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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US court rules in favour of Microsoft, gov't can't force access to email on Irish server
"“The ruling is a striking victory for privacy over the threat of government access and overreach,” Omer Tene, vice president of research and education at…
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Pokémon Go is a reminder that many apps snoop
"Apps are notorious for both collecting and sharing data, often in ways that have nothing to do with the functionality of the app, said Omer Tene, vice pre…
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Property owners: Get off my lawn, Pokemon!
"Ryan Calo, a University of Washington law professor, said private property owners may adopt a "Pokemon No Go" policy and bar players from physic…
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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…