"Although it’s unlikely that a national privacy law will pass this year – or successfully wend its way through Congress before the 2020 presidential electi…
"Riana Pfefferkorn is the associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society. She’s been at the forefront o…
On November 17, 2019, Reuters reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had drafted a resolution for the international police organization, Interp…
"Al Gidari, the director of privacy at Stanford Law School, said that the Stored Communications Act prevents defense lawyers from using subpoenas to harass…
"“We vigorously protect the privacy of our users while supporting the important work of law enforcement,” Richard Salgado, Google’s director of law enforce…
Abstract America’s privacy bill has come due. Since the dawn of the Internet, Congress has repeatedly failed to build a robust identity for American privacy la…
"Albert Gidari, consulting director of privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said Uber runs the risk of violating those laws. What the c…
I’ve written here, here, here about the interception flaw in the US-UK Agreement under the CLOUD Act, which permits at least the UK to order US platforms to wir…
"“It’s one way to ensure your photos won’t be reposted,” said Danielle Citron, vice president of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, a nonprofit dedicated t…
Tool Without A Handle: “Book Review: Tools and Weapons” “Since the dawn of time, any tool can be used for good or ill. Even a broom can be used to sweep the…
Just how exposed are we when we invite Amazon Alexa, Google Voice and other voice assistants into our home? Who's listening? And what do they have an impact…
Your DNA defines you as a unique human being. Unless you have a genetically identical sibling, your DNA is yours alone, a genetic map of proclivities for diseas…