Tony Romm reports: A landmark law adopted in California last year to rein in the data-collection practices of Facebook, Google and other tech giants has touched off a lobbying blitz that could water it down, potentially undermining new protections that might apply to Internet users across the country. The fight between regulation-wary businesses and privacy…
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US lawmakers furious (again) as mobile networks caught (again) selling your emergency location data to bounty hunters (again)
Kieren McCarthy reports: US lawmakers have again called for an investigation into mobile companies after it emerged that they have been selling specially protected user location data intended only for emergency services. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), who has repeatedly highlighted privacy violations by mobile companies, today called out Ajit Pai, boss of America’s comms watchdog…
Many popular iPhone apps secretly record your screen without asking
Zack Whittaker reports: Many major companies, like Air Canada, Hollister and Expedia, are recording every tap and swipe you make on their iPhone apps. In most cases you won’t even realize it. And they don’t need to ask for permission. You can assume that most apps are collecting data on you. Some even monetize your data…
China’s Privacy Conundrum
Samm Sacks and Lorand Laskai report: When Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress last spring, he argued that regulating Facebook’s use of personal data would cause the United States to fall behind Chinese companies when it comes data-intensive innovation like artificial intelligence. The implication was that Chinese companies are not constrained by privacy norms and will…