Privacy

An image of Elon Musk is seen next to Twitter logos

TechStream

An urgent task awaiting Elon Musk at Twitter: Encrypting direct messages

Riana Pfefferkorn

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

The Detroit Free Press takes a look at the preparedness, in light of mass shootings, of the Detroit Police department's Crime Intel Unit Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, which does counter terrorism threat assessments. A crime analyst looks over several different surveillance cameras positioned around Detroit.Detroitpolice 080919 01 Mw

Technology & Innovation

Police surveillance and facial recognition: Why data privacy is imperative for communities of color

Nicol Turner Lee and Caitlin Chin

Tuesday April 12, 2022

TechStream

Better understanding of data lifecycles can reduce digital harms

Jordan Famularo

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

United States Senator Chuck Grassley (Republican of Iowa), left, and United States Senator Dick Durbin (Democrat of Illinois), Chairman, US Senate Committee on the Judiciary chat prior to a Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing

TechTank

The Open App Markets bill moves out of the Senate Judiciary Committee

Thursday, March 10, 2022

Reports

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 10, 2019: CFPB - CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU sign at headquarters building

Financial Regulation

Policymakers must enable consumer data rights and protections in financial services

Dan Murphy and Jennifer Tescher

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

student debt

Essay

Student debt cancellation should consider wealth, not income

Andre M. Perry and Carl Romer

Thursday, February 25, 2021

A staff member sets up EU flags ahead of a European Union leaders summit after European Parliament elections to discuss who should run the EU executive for the next five years, in Brussels, Belgium May 28, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka Van de Wouw - RC19BA86C980

Privacy

The oracle at Luxembourg: The EU Court of Justice judges the world on surveillance and privacy

Cameron F. Kerry

Monday, January 11, 2021

US Congress

Privacy

Framing a privacy right: Legislative findings for federal privacy legislation

Cameron F. Kerry and John B. Morris, Jr.

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Binary code superimposed on the European Union flag

Report

The Court of Justice of the European Union in Schrems II: The impact of GDPR on data flows and national security

Joshua P. Meltzer

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Blog Posts

Incheon, South Korea.- The photo shows employees of Incheon International Airport, on October 14, 2020, conducting a test operation of an autonomous driving vehicle and an autonomous robot cart in the pre-boarding area of the second terminal of the airport.

TechStream

When robots are everywhere, what happens to the data they collect?

Brittany “Straithe” Postnikoff

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

A U.S. Marine from Lima company 3rd Battalion 6th Marines conducts an eye scan with a HIIDE (Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment) camera as a part of a census operation during a patrol around the area of Karez-e-Sayyidi in Helmand province April 4, 2010. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)

TechStream

The enduring risks posed by biometric identification systems

Kelsey Atherton

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Senator Amy Klobuchar

TechTank

Two ways to improve Senator Klobuchar’s needed antitrust legislation

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

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Events

Trans-Atlantic data flows: What’s next after the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield?

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT

Past Policy 2020 Event

What to expect on tech policy in the next presidential administration

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Advancing the transatlantic dialogue in the aftermath of Schrems II

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

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Experts

Mark MacCarthy

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation

@Mark_MacCarthy

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Multimedia

An image of Israeli soldiers is seen on a computer screen with colourful markings of a face recognition programming script, during a cyber security training course, called a Hackathon, at iNT Institute of Technology and Innovation, at a high-tech park in Beersheba, southern Israel August 28, 2017. Picture taken August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RC1DE502FAB0

Telecommunications & Internet

TechTank Podcast Episode 22: Protecting your online reputation

Darrell M. West and Quinta Jurecic

Monday, June 28, 2021

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

TechStream

Using differential privacy to harness big data and preserve privacy

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

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

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More on Privacy

Congressman Ro Khanna

TechTank Podcast Episode 37: Rep. Ro Khanna on democratizing our digital transformation

Darrell M. West

Monday, February 7, 2022

Attorney General Merrick Garland is reflected in a technician's monitor as he speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, U.S., January 5, 2022

Protecting national security, cybersecurity, and privacy while ensuring competition

Stephanie K. Pell and Bill Baer

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

A U.S. Army soldier of 5-20 Infantry Regiment attached to 82nd Airborne Division, aims his rifle in front of a bullet riddled map of Afghanistan painted on a wall of an abandoned Canadian-built school in the Zharay district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan June 9, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

The crucial need to secure the location data of vulnerable populations

Faine Greenwood

Friday, December 17, 2021

Frances Haugen

Could the Facebook papers close the deal on privacy legislation?

Cameron F. Kerry and Jules Polonetsky

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Federal Trade Chairman Joseph Simons, (L), Federal Trade Commissioners (2nd L-R), Rohit Chopra, Noah Phillips, Rebecca Slaughter and Christine Wilson testify on the "Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission" before the U.S. Senate Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance and Data Security Subcommittee in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.

TechTank Podcast Episode 32: In the U.S.A.’s tech-driven economy, is enough being done to protect consumer choice and privacy?

Monday, November 15, 2021

Wicker and Cantwell speak during hearing

Senate hearing opens the door to individual lawsuits in privacy legislation

Cameron F. Kerry

Friday, October 8, 2021