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US FTC Considering New Rules to Rein in Tech Firms' Collection of Personal Data, Protect Privacy
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday announced an initiative seeking public comment on the effects of companies’ data collection and the potential benefit of new rules to protect consumers’ privacy. The federal regulator is looking at drafting rules to crack down on what they call harmful commercial surveillance and lax data securi...
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US President Joe Biden to Sign Executive Order to Protect Privacy After Abortion Ruling
US President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order on Friday, which is designed to protect the privacy of women in the wake of the US Supreme Court ruling that overturned the federal right to abortion. The executive order seeks to "protect patient privacy, including by addressing the transfer and sales of sensitive health-related data (and) c...
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From Period Tracking Apps to Location Data: How Tech Affects Privacy in a Post Roe v. Wade World
After the US Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalised abortion across the country, Big Tech is facing calls to limit surveillance and tracking of users. There is evidence that personal data that is collected can be misused and abused, including location data, text messages, search histories, emails and seemingly innocuo...
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Pelosi Demands Two Ex-Trump Officials Testify On "Rogue" Surveillance
US House speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday demanded that two former attorneys general testify about what she called a "rogue" Justice Department attempt to secretly obtain data from Democrat lawmakers and news outlets.
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Thousands Of Security Cameras Hacked, Exposing Tesla, US Jails, Hospitals
A group of hackers say they breached a massive trove of security-camera data collected by Silicon Valley startup Verkada Inc., gaining access to live feeds of 150,000 surveillance cameras inside hospitals, companies, police departments, prisons and schools.
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Kerala High Court Questions State Over Data Sharing With US-Based Tech Firm
Kerala High Court today heard a plea regarding the state government's contract with US-based tech firm Sprinklr that is aimed at analyzing data based on details of people under surveillance in the state due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Researchers Create AI-Powered Device That Detects Cough, Can Predict Pandemic in Making
A team of US researchers has invented a portable surveillance device powered by machine learning called 'FluSense' that can detect coughing and crowd size in real time, analyse the data to directly monitor flu-like illnesses and influenza trends and predict the next pandemic in the making.
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Canada Grants Asylum To Woman Who Sheltered Edward Snowden In Hong Kong
A woman who helped Edward Snowden hide in Hong Kong after his leaks exposed US global surveillance programs arrived Monday in Canada with her daughter, where they were granted asylum.
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Apple Changes How It Reports US National Security Requests
In its first-half 2018 transparency report on government data requests to its website, Apple separated out National Security Letters and requests under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA.
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US Appeals Court Upholds Gag Orders on FBI Data Surveillance
The FBI's use of NSLs has drawn increased scrutiny as new transparency laws have let companies publish some of the letters.
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Facebook Says Its Data Can't Be Used for 'Surveillance'
Facebook updated its instructions for developers to say that they cannot "use data obtained from us to provide tools that are used for surveillance."
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Microsoft Victory in Overseas Data Privacy Case Stands
The case has been watched closely for its implications for privacy and surveillance in the digital age.
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Tech Employees Vow Not To Help Donald Trump Surveil Muslims, Deport Immigrants
More than 200 employees of technology companies including Alphabet Inc's Google, Twitter Inc and Salesforce pledged on Tuesday to not help US President-elect Donald Trump's administration build a data registry to track people based on their religion or assist in mass deportations.
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Yahoo Asks US Government to Clear the Air on Secret Surveillance Orders
Yahoo asked US spy agencies to offer public "transparency" about data they make companies provide on users and to declassify any secret order served to the company.
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United States Joins Case Over Facebook Data Transfers From EU
Irish court's move gives US authorities a platform to defend their surveillance laws before the European Union's top court.
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US FTC Considering New Rules to Rein in Tech Firms' Collection of Personal Data, Protect Privacy
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday announced an initiative seeking public comment on the effects of companies’ data collection and the potential benefit of new rules to protect consumers’ privacy. The federal regulator is looking at drafting rules to crack down on what they call harmful commercial surveillance and lax data securi...
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US President Joe Biden to Sign Executive Order to Protect Privacy After Abortion Ruling
US President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order on Friday, which is designed to protect the privacy of women in the wake of the US Supreme Court ruling that overturned the federal right to abortion. The executive order seeks to "protect patient privacy, including by addressing the transfer and sales of sensitive health-related data (and) c...
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From Period Tracking Apps to Location Data: How Tech Affects Privacy in a Post Roe v. Wade World
After the US Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalised abortion across the country, Big Tech is facing calls to limit surveillance and tracking of users. There is evidence that personal data that is collected can be misused and abused, including location data, text messages, search histories, emails and seemingly innocuo...
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Pelosi Demands Two Ex-Trump Officials Testify On "Rogue" Surveillance
US House speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday demanded that two former attorneys general testify about what she called a "rogue" Justice Department attempt to secretly obtain data from Democrat lawmakers and news outlets.
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Thousands Of Security Cameras Hacked, Exposing Tesla, US Jails, Hospitals
A group of hackers say they breached a massive trove of security-camera data collected by Silicon Valley startup Verkada Inc., gaining access to live feeds of 150,000 surveillance cameras inside hospitals, companies, police departments, prisons and schools.
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Kerala High Court Questions State Over Data Sharing With US-Based Tech Firm
Kerala High Court today heard a plea regarding the state government's contract with US-based tech firm Sprinklr that is aimed at analyzing data based on details of people under surveillance in the state due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Researchers Create AI-Powered Device That Detects Cough, Can Predict Pandemic in Making
A team of US researchers has invented a portable surveillance device powered by machine learning called 'FluSense' that can detect coughing and crowd size in real time, analyse the data to directly monitor flu-like illnesses and influenza trends and predict the next pandemic in the making.
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Canada Grants Asylum To Woman Who Sheltered Edward Snowden In Hong Kong
A woman who helped Edward Snowden hide in Hong Kong after his leaks exposed US global surveillance programs arrived Monday in Canada with her daughter, where they were granted asylum.
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Apple Changes How It Reports US National Security Requests
In its first-half 2018 transparency report on government data requests to its website, Apple separated out National Security Letters and requests under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA.
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US Appeals Court Upholds Gag Orders on FBI Data Surveillance
The FBI's use of NSLs has drawn increased scrutiny as new transparency laws have let companies publish some of the letters.
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Facebook Says Its Data Can't Be Used for 'Surveillance'
Facebook updated its instructions for developers to say that they cannot "use data obtained from us to provide tools that are used for surveillance."
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Microsoft Victory in Overseas Data Privacy Case Stands
The case has been watched closely for its implications for privacy and surveillance in the digital age.
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Tech Employees Vow Not To Help Donald Trump Surveil Muslims, Deport Immigrants
More than 200 employees of technology companies including Alphabet Inc's Google, Twitter Inc and Salesforce pledged on Tuesday to not help US President-elect Donald Trump's administration build a data registry to track people based on their religion or assist in mass deportations.
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Yahoo Asks US Government to Clear the Air on Secret Surveillance Orders
Yahoo asked US spy agencies to offer public "transparency" about data they make companies provide on users and to declassify any secret order served to the company.
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United States Joins Case Over Facebook Data Transfers From EU
Irish court's move gives US authorities a platform to defend their surveillance laws before the European Union's top court.
