Collaborate Disseminate
Most of the US and China’s requests had to do with investigations into fraud, suspected account access and phishing. Continue reading China and US top user data requests in Apple transparency report
The latest attempt to prove it’s not under China’s thumb: TikTok’s first transparency report. Continue reading US military branches ban TikTok following Pentagon’s warning
Google will now require people or groups purchasing federal election ads to show that they’re US citizens or lawful residents. Continue reading Google cracks down on election meddling advertisers
Law enforcement agencies and governments haven’t lost their taste for data from the two tech titans’ devices, users and accounts. Continue reading Government demands for Apple and Google data keep on climbing
Apple revealed this week that it received at least one National Security Letter from the U.S. government for user data during the last six months of 2016 Continue reading Apple Receives First National Security Letter, Reports Spike in Requests for Data
How did the NSA end up collecting the records of so many people on 2015 when it was only authorized to go after 42 suspected terrorists? Continue reading NSA collected records of 151m Americans – but wait, didn’t bulk collection stop three years ago?
…though at 2%, growth has slowed down from the double-digit jumps in number of data demands we’ve seen governments make in recent years. Continue reading Twitter says government requests for data still climbing
The coalition behind CanaryWatch.org, a database of warrant canaries, has decided to no longer accept new submissions, nor monitor existing canaries for changes. Continue reading Canary Watch Project Runs Its Course
Its first transparency report includes regulators’ requests – requests that it says are overly broad and could jeopardize privacy. Continue reading Uber’s given US agencies data on more than 12 million users
According to its first-ever transparency report, Uber provided data on 12 million passengers and drivers following requests from US regulators and law enforcement agencies, between July and December 2015.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Uber shared data on 12 million passengers and drivers with the government in six months