C. Ryan Barber reports: Steve Bannon must submit to questioning from the Federal Trade Commission as part of the agency’s investigation of Cambridge Analytica, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, rejecting the former Trump adviser’s bid to stave off an interview aimed at determining whether he could be personally liable for allegedly deceptive conduct by the data analytics…
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The ACLU is suing for more information about the FBI’s phone-hacking lab
Russell Brandom reports: On Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a new lawsuit demanding information about the FBI’s Electronic Device Analysis Unit (EDAU) — a forensic unit that the ACLU believes has been quietly breaking the iPhone’s local encryption systems. “The FBI is secretly breaking the encryption that secures our cell phones and laptops…
The Massive SolarWinds Hack Won’t Stop the Feds from Wanting All Your Data
Andrea O’Sullivan writes: Governments often tell their subjects that they must submit to surveillance programs to stay safe. Whether the boogeyman is terrorism, hate, or even health, government snooping on private data often violates our rights to privacy. But surveillance programs are unsafe on their own. Securing major sets of sensitive personal data is a…
FTC Issues Orders to Nine Social Media and Video Streaming Service Companies Regarding Privacy Practices
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On December 14, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it had issued orders to nine social media and video streaming companies, requesting information on how the companies collect, use and present personal information, their advertising and user engagement practices and how their practices affect children and teens. The orders will assist the…