Adam Kujawa writes that despite the fact that the public has repeatedly been made aware of the misuse of communications data by governments and businesses, we have not changed our ways. Since then, the abuse and misuse of communications data are believed to have been instrumental in affecting the outcome of both the 2016 US…
Category: Misc
The Paris District Court Invalidates 38 Clauses of Google+ Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
Catherine Muyl and Marion Cavalier of Foley Hoag write: It has been rough weather for Google in France. Three weeks after the French Data Protection Authority imposed a record fine against Google for non-compliance with the GDPR, the Paris District Court (“Tribunal de Grande Instance”) invalidated 38 clauses of Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of…
New York Times series: The Privacy Project
UPDATE: before you jump to NYT’s site, I just read how they are using a lot of trackers on that site: The New York Times fancy new ‘Privacy Project’ homepage is stuffed to the gills with third-party tracking scripts. https://t.co/vSGOsukFHG pic.twitter.com/iT8UyGPzBx — Pinboard (@Pinboard) April 11, 2019 The New York Times fancy new ‘Privacy Project’…
States Need to Ensure Donor Privacy — It’s Crucial to Freedom of Speech
Jon Pritchett, the president and CEO of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy, writes: Private citizens should not be subjected to government harassment for supporting causes they believe in, and charities should not have to worry about their funding drying up because donors fear reprisals. Yet many policy pundits on the left, and even a…