Collaborate Disseminate
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the government needs to obtain a court-ordered warrant to gather location data on mobile device users. The decision is a major development for privacy rights, but experts say it may have limited bearing on the selling of real-time customer location data by the wireless carriers to third-party companies. Continue reading Supreme Court: Police Need Warrant for Mobile Location Data
It is something few Americans will have heard of, but the US Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) is catching the eye of privacy advocates – and not in a good way. Continue reading US Government’s biometric database worries privacy advocates
AI offers an immense capacity for good — and for unintended consequences. Continue reading Google Tackles AI Principles: Is It Enough?
California is expected to become the largest weed industry in the United States, but unlike other legalized states, it has no laws in place to protect cannabis consumer data. Continue reading California Weed Dispensaries Can Legally Sell Customer Information to Data Brokers
“I realized that I’d been selling my data for free for ages, and decided it was time to cash in.” Continue reading This Guy Is Selling All His Facebook Data on eBay
Companies around the globe are scrambling to comply with new European privacy regulations that take effect a little more than three months from now. But many security experts are worried that the changes being ushered in by the rush to adhere to the law may make it more difficult to track down cybercriminals and less likely that organizations will be willing to share data about new online threats.
On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect. The law, enacted by the European Parliament, requires technology companies to get affirmative consent for any information they collect on people within the European Union. Organizations that violate the GDPR could face fines of up to four percent of global annual revenues. Continue reading New EU Privacy Law May Weaken Security
The debate over the government’s authority to access private encrypted data on digital devices was amplified when the Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray called unbreakable encryption an ‘urgent public safety issue.’ Continue reading FBI Director Calls Smartphone Encryption an ‘Urgent Public Safety Issue’
Your chances of being searched at a US border crossing are now at an all-time high. But the chances that border agents will be pulling data from your devices declined this past week – at least by a little. Continue reading US tightens rules on border search
The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol announced new restrictions on when agents can copy data from digital devices at border crossing points. Continue reading New Rules Announced for Border Inspection of Electronic Devices
The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol announced new restrictions on when agents can copy data from digital devices at border crossing points. Continue reading New Rules Announced for Border Inspection of Electronic Devices