Thanks to Jeff Sovern of Public Citizen, for making us aware of a new article by Joel Reidenberg and his colleagues. Here’s the abstract from Trustworthy Privacy Indicators: Grades, Labels, Certifications and Dashboards, 96 Washington University Law Review (2019). Despite numerous groups’ efforts to score, grade, label, and rate the privacy of websites, apps, and…
Category: Announcements
You can still register for next week’s International Privacy + Security Forum in D.C.
There’s still time to register for the International Privacy + Security Forum, April 3 – 5 in Washington, D.C. There will be so much going on there. The following is just a list of the forums/sessions, but check out the full program to see who’s keynoting, what the sessions on security cover, when the ice…
NZ: Privacy Commissioner John Edwards reappointed
From the office of New Zealand’s privacy commissioner, some welcome news: John Edwards has been reappointed by the Government to serve another term as Privacy Commissioner. Mr Edwards was appointed in December 2013 and began in the role in February 2014. His reappointment will take his term as Privacy Commissioner to 2024. The Privacy Commissioner…
Reuters has a surveillance contract with ICE – take action now!
Action Alert. Media company Thomson-Reuters is making millions by supplying ICE agents with access to billions of license plate records. Government agents are actively using this data to target immigrant families and violate millions of people’s privacy and human rights. Reuters journalists have taken strong stands in the past. If they speak up about this,…