Privacy

The logos of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are seen in a combination photo from Reuters files. REUTERS/File Photos - RC196FE450D0

TechTank

Questions for technology CEOs testifying before Congress

Darrell M. West

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) officially opened in Shanghai on Thursday under the theme of "Intelligent Connectivity, Indivisible Community" with hundreds of speakers and industry experts sharing their insights on the latest developments in AI. Intelligent robots are displaying on the ground floor of Shanghai Expo Centre, Shanghai, China, 9 July 2020.No Use China. No Use France.

TechTank

The Brookings glossary of AI and emerging technologies

John R. Allen and Darrell M. West

Monday, July 13, 2020

United States Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican of South Carolina), Chairman, US Senate Judiciary Committee, left, US Senator Richard Blumenthal (Democrat of Connecticut), center, and US Senator Dianne Feinstein (Democrat of California), Ranking Member, US Senate Judiciary Committee, right, chat prior to the committee markup of the "Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act of 2020," and judicial nominations in Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, Thursday, July 2, 2020. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

TechStream

The Senate’s twin threats to online speech and security

Riana Pfefferkorn

Monday, July 13, 2020

A demonstrator stands in front of New York Police Department (NYPD) officers inside of an area being called the "City Hall Autonomous Zone" that has been established to protest the New York Police Department and in support of "Black Lives Matter" near City Hall in lower Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

TechStream

How to reform police monitoring of social media

Rachel Levinson-Waldman and Ángel Díaz

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Reports

Privacy

Bridging the gaps: A path forward to federal privacy legislation

Cameron F. Kerry, John B. Morris, Caitlin Chin, and Nicol Turner Lee

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

People look at data on their mobiles as background with internet wire cables on switch hub is projected in this picture illustration taken May 30, 2018. Picture taken May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration - RC138602D200

Privacy

Privacy policy and competition

Alex Marthews and Catherine Tucker

Thursday, December 5, 2019

A woman looks at her Apple iPhone X at an Apple store in New York, U.S., November 3, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - RC1AE432FB10

Privacy

Breaking down proposals for privacy legislation: How do they regulate?

Cameron F. Kerry

Friday, March 8, 2019

Privacy

Why protecting privacy is a losing game today—and how to change the game

Cameron F. Kerry

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Medical records clerk working in a community health center

Report

Profiles in patient privacy protection

Niam Yaraghi and Ram Gopal

Monday, March 5, 2018

Blog Posts

A doorway of the Federal Trade Commission building is seen in Washington on March 4, 2012. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES) - WM1E834139A01

TechTank

In privacy legislation, a private right of action is not an all-or-nothing proposition

Cameron F. Kerry and John B. Morris

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

A visitor gets his temperature measured as he wears a face mask at a fashion shopping center in Ashdod, as restrictions over the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ease around Israel, May 5, 2020. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

TechStream

How Israel’s COVID-19 mass surveillance operation works

Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler and Rachel Aridor Hershkowitz

Monday, July 6, 2020

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on May 2, 2020 amid the Coronavirus pandemic. Earlier today, thousands of visitors flocked to the Mall and other scenic sites around the Capital area to see a flyover by Navy Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds in honor of medical personnel and first responders, meanwhile the global confirmed COVID-19 death toll approached 250,000.(Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

TechTank

Preemption: A balanced national approach to protecting all Americans’ privacy

Cameron F. Kerry and John B. Morris

Monday, June 29, 2020

View All Blog Posts

Events

2020

Jun

Past Event

Experts

John B. Morris Jr.

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation

@jmorrisjr

View All Experts

Multimedia

An illustration picture shows a network cable next to a pack of smartphones in Berlin, June 7, 2013. The debate over whether the U.S. government is violating citizens' privacy rights while trying to protect them from terrorism escalated dramatically on Thursday amid reports that authorities have collected data on millions of phone users and tapped into servers at nine internet companies. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY BUSINESS) - BM2E967131Y01

Order from Chaos

Comparing American and European perspectives on tech and privacy

Amalia Coyle and Ted Piccone

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Attendees use their laptops at the Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco.

Privacy

America’s data privacy problem

Cameron F. Kerry and Fred Dews

Friday, July 27, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on stage during a town hall.

Telecommunications & Internet

Facebook’s data breach and the future of consumer privacy

Nicol Turner Lee

Thursday, March 29, 2018

View All Multimedia

Reports

Webinar: What will it take to bridge gaps in federal privacy legislation?

What do the GDPR and CCPA mean for privacy in America?

The role of the Federal Trade Commission in privacy and beyond

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation