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GDPR Oddsmakers: Who, Where, When Will Enforcement Hit First?
"There are probably as many answers to those question as there are supervisory authorities (SAs), and there are many, notes Omer Tene, vice president and c…
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Amazon blames creepy Alexa incident on ‘unlikely’ string of events
"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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What Is GDPR and Why Should You Care?
""Some companies may realize it’s better to just extend GDPR protections to all their customers, period, rather than one one policy for European citiz…
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Calif. Justices Leave Questions Hanging Over Defendant's Access to Private Social Media Posts
"Riana Pfefferkorn, a fellow at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, said the decision is “a win for users, because it correctly reads th…
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G.D.P.R., a New Privacy Law, Makes Europe World’s Leading Tech Watchdog
"Even if Europe persuades other countries to adopt its policies, it will be hard to ensure the laws work, said Omer Tene, a vice president at the Internati…
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Will the EU’s GDPR Rules Launch a New Era of Data Protection?
"“[GDPR] hinges on a robust notion of explaining what exactly goes on with [people’s] information,” said Andrea Matwyshyn, a professor of law and computer…
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This Is How Alexa Can Record Private Conversations
"People have been willing to overlook glitches in the Echo, like it turning on accidentally or without the wake word being uttered, said Ryan Calo, an asso…
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Why Jimmy Can’t Count: The FBI Has Lost All Credibility on “Going Dark”
On May 22, the Washington Post reported a jawdropping screw-up by the FBI that will, if there is any justice left in the world, have significant repercussions f…
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We know you're not reading all those new terms of service emails. You might want to.
"Northeastern professor Woodrow Hartzog, whose new book, Privacy’s Blueprint, published last month, calls the law a “watershed moment,” saying it’s built o…
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'Recipe for authoritarianism': Amazon under fire for selling face-recognition software to police
"Amazon marketing materials promoted the idea of using Rekognition in conjunction with police body cameras in real time – exactly the outcome Cyril feared.…
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Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police. Critics See Surveillance Risk.
"“We have it being used in unaccountable ways and with no regulation,” said Malkia Cyril, executive director of the Center for Media Justice, a nonprofit c…
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‘Too inconvenient’: Trump goes rogue on phone security
"“This would be the case of a president overruling literally the most rudimentary advice given by the communications agencies,” said Andrew McLaughlin, who…