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Having more control over your data doesn't mean it's safe
"Working out those details is important, because many companies that collect personal data continue making "fundamental mistakes" in how they pro…
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Smart TVs are spying on you through your phone
""It looks like it will put some restrictions on the sale of personal information, but there doesn't seem to be anything there limiting the collec…
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Facebook, Cambridge probe widens
"Aleecia McDonald, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University, said in an interview that it’s “a typical path for California to pass privacy laws…
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California's New Privacy Bill Raises Questions For Ad Industry
"That exception may be large enough to give ad tech companies room to argue that they are exempt from the measure, according to Jonathan Mayer, assistant p…
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Instagram Account That Sought Harassment Tales May Be Unmasked
"The Diet Madison Avenue suit, filed in Los Angeles, named the account and a string of Jane and John Does, representing dozens of people it believed were a…
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Foreign spying comes under new scrutiny from lawmakers
"“The federal government is the largest consumer of commercial wireless services and is susceptible to the same cybersecurity risks in our communications i…
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Amazon Explains Why Echo Recorded Couple‘s Private Conversation and Sent It to a Random Contact
"Ryan Calo, a law professor who co-directs the University of Washington‘s tech policy lab, agreed that the sort of glitch Amazon described is unlikely. But…
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New data privacy law gives Californians new way to sue over breaches
"However, because many large global companies already comply with similar restrictions under a major new European digital privacy law that took effect in M…
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California Lawmakers Pass Sweeping Online Privacy Legislation
"“Something of this magnitude getting passed through unanimously in both chambers is really astounding,” said Omer Tene, chief knowledge officer of the Int…
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Capital Gazette gunman constantly harassed journalists on Twitter. Why wasn't he stopped?
""With the training of law enforcement, we have seen some progress. Indeed, there are prosecutors who specialize in online abuse,” said Danielle Citro…
Protecting the Freedom to Encrypt
Widespread availability of advanced encryption technology has improved security for consumers and businesses, though some in law enforcement have voiced concern…
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The Cybersecurity 202: Cellphone spying has lawmakers worried. But they don't know how to stop it.
"“I’m not aware of any instance where a law enforcement agency has successfully tracked down one of these devices,” Jonathan Mayer, a chief technologist at…