by Julio Ochoa, WUSF Children registering for school in Florida this year were asked to reveal some history about their mental health. The new requirement is part of a law rushed through the state legislature after the February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. On registration forms for new students, the state’s school districts now…
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Google secretly logs users into Chrome whenever they log into a Google site
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Google has made an important change to the way the Chrome browser works, a move the company did not advertise to its users in any way, and which has serious privacy repercussions. According to several reports [ 1, 2, 3], starting with Chrome 69, whenever a Chrome user would access a Google-owned…
Article: The European Union General Data Protection Regulation: What It Is And What It Means
There’s a new paper out that you will want to read, and it’s available for free download on SSRN: Hoofnagle, Chris Jay and van der Sloot, Bart and Zuiderveen Borgesius, Frederik, The European Union General Data Protection Regulation: What It Is And What It Means (September 24, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3254511 Abstract This article…
New Pressure on Google and YouTube Over Children’s Data
Sapna Maheshwari reports: In the context of a growing national debate on tech and privacy, Google has come under increased scrutiny for how it may be tracking and targeting children for advertising. Two House members sent a letter this week to the company’s chief executive, Sundar Pichai, expressing concern that the collection practices of YouTube,…