Anna Merlan reports on what information Clearview sent her about herself when she made a request under California law for her records and to have them deleted: I emailed [email protected] and requested information on any of my personal data that Clearview obtained, the method by which they obtained it, and how it was used. (You can read…
Category: Online
A new report shows the most popular web browsers in the world are sending companies your history or personal data. Here’s how each browser’s privacy stacks up.
Aaron Holmes reports that a new privacy study found that “many major browsers allow the companies that own them to track users’ location and identity while leaking details of users’ browsing history to those companies.” The study was authored by Douglas Leith of Trinity College Dublin and tracked the information-sharing practices of commonly-used browsers Google Chrome,…
UK Government Publishes Initial Consultation Response on the Online Harms White Paper
Marty Hansen, Paul Maynard and Jack Boeglin of Covington and Burling write: On February 12, 2020, the UK Home Office and Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport published the Government’s Initial Consultation Response (“Response”) to feedback received through a public consultation on its Online Harms White Paper (“OHWP”). The OHWP, published in April 2019, proposed a comprehensive regulatory…
Health apps can change their terms of service without users’ knowledge
Nicole Wetsman reports: When someone downloads a new application, one of the first steps is usually agreeing to the terms of service of that app. That (usually mindless) sign-off creates a contract between the app company and the user. Usually, contracts happen when two parties sit down and agree on terms. But for consumer products…