Andy Greenberg writes: Just over a decade ago, Bitcoin appeared to many of its adherents to be the crypto-anarchist holy grail: truly private digital cash for the Internet. Satoshi Nakamoto, the cryptocurrency’s mysterious and unidentifiable inventor, had stated in an email introducing Bitcoin that “participants can be anonymous.” And the Silk Road dark-web drug market seemed like…
Category: Surveillance
Novant Health Settles $6.6 Million Pixel Privacy Breach Lawsuit
Steve Alder writes: Novant Health has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that stemmed from its use of tracking pixels on its MyChart patient portal. The pixel code on the patient portal collected the personally identifiable information of users with the goals of “improving access to care through virtual visits and to provide increased…
In: Internet Freedom Foundation calls for withdrawal of Digi Yatra
A series of messages posted by Internet Freedom Foundation in India (@[email protected]) is noteworthy: We’ve heard the news. We’ve seen the tweets. We’re on the case. #DigiYatra has raised concerns re privacy & surveillance since day 1 – but now, is also being thrust upon airline passengers through coercive and deceptive means. 1/7 https://internetfreedom.in/reject-digiyatra/ Last…
EU Supervisory Authorities Publish New Guidance on Cookies
Kristof Van Quathem and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses of Covington and Burling write: Several EU data protection supervisory authorities (“SAs”) have recently issued guidance on cookies. On January 11, 2024, the Spanish SA published guidance on cookies used for audience measurement (often referred to as analytics cookies) (available in Spanish only). On December 20, 2023, the Austrian…