Caidan Cowger writes: Across social media, pictures of “Voting Violation” mailers issued by the Cruz campaign have been circulating. The mailers include the party affiliation of the resident, along with their regularity grade of caucusing. Labeled in all capital letters, one side of the card read, “ELECTION ALERT,” “VOTER VIOLATION,” “PUBLIC RECORD,” and “FURTHER ACTION NEEDED.” On…
Category: Election2016
Donor and Voter Data Is The New Currency Of Presidential Candidates
Remember how I tried to warn you all over on DataBreaches.net about how data about voters may be shared wildly and lacks meaningful regulation? Read this column by Craig Spiezle: … What most donors and voters do not know is the broad data sharing liberties candidates are taking. It is becoming clear voters’ personal data may…
Rubio Insists NSA Needs All Our Metadata; Cruz and Paul Call Him Out
Scott Shackford writes: In case you hadn’t guessed, tonight’s Republican debate is all about foreign policy, ISIS, the war on terrorism, and what to do about it all. Sen. Marco Rubio has been insistent that the mass surveillance and collection of metadata by the National Security Agency (NSA) about Americans should and must continue and that it…
Most 2016 campaign websites receive failing privacy grades
Mario Trujillo reports: All but a handful of presidential campaign websites received failing privacy grades because of the common practice of sharing voter data with like-minded organizations, according to a review by a security and privacy group. The Online Trust Alliance, a nonprofit backed by businesses in the tech industry, found that 17 of the…