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New FCC Chair Plans To Block Internet Privacy Rule Before It Kicks In

Posted on February 27, 2017June 25, 2025 by Dissent

Kate Cox reports: Last October, the FCC adopted a rule that limits what your internet service provider — home or mobile — can do with your private data. At the time, the rule was contentious, with two FCC commissioners dissenting volubly. One of those two commissioners, Ajit Pai, is now FCC Chairman, and he’s announced his plan…

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How Einstein changes the way government does business

Posted on February 25, 2017June 25, 2025 by Dissent

Sean D. Carberry reports: The Department of Commerce has long granted confidentiality to people who submit sensitive survey data about international investments or foreign transactions. But Commerce is now revising its confidentiality agreements because of Einstein. Einstein, the Department of Homeland Security’s comprehensive system of preventing and mitigating cyber threats to federal civilian networks, scans…

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Law Enforcement Using Facebook and Apple to Data-Mine Accounts of Trump Protest Arrestees

Posted on February 23, 2017June 25, 2025 by Dissent

Sarah Lazare writes: Law enforcement is compelling Apple and Facebook to hand over the personal information of users who were mass arrested at protests against the inauguration of Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., AlterNet has confirmed. The tech giants appear to be complying with the data-mining requests, amid mounting concerns over the heavy-handed crackdown against…

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Three Companies Settle FTC Charges that They Deceived Consumers About Participation in International Privacy Program

Posted on February 22, 2017June 25, 2025 by Dissent

Three U.S. companies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived consumers about their participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) system. In separate but similar complaints, the FTC charged that Sentinel Labs, Inc., which provides endpoint protection software to enterprise customers; SpyChatter, Inc., marketer of the SpyChatter private message…

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