Privacy

European Union flag at half mast

Platform data access is a lynchpin of the EU’s Digital Services Act

Friday, January 15, 2021

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on December 1, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. As Congress returns from Thanksgiving recess for the lame duck session, the 7-day average for confirmed COVID-19 cases in America is holding above 150,000. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

After 20 years of debate, it’s time for Congress to finally pass a baseline privacy law

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Illustration of Happen and Tinder online dating app. During the corona crisis, many people are dating online, through dating app. The Hague, Netherlands on November 12, 2020. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use Netherlands. No Use Germany.

TechTank Podcast Episode 11: Ways to protect your privacy and security with online dating apps

Darrell M. West, Caitlin Chin, and Mishaela Robison

Monday, January 11, 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

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

Cameron F. Kerry

Monday, January 11, 2021

A Huawei surveillance camera is pictured at their booth at Interpol World in Singapore July 2, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su - RC13C8A95410

How employers use technology to surveil employees

Darrell M. West

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. and European Union flags are pictured during the visit of Vice President Mike Pence to the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Why Schrems II requires US-EU agreement on surveillance and privacy

Joshua P. Meltzer

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

US Congress

Framing a privacy right: Legislative findings for federal privacy legislation

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

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

--FILE--A netizen uses the mobile app of Tik Tok, an overseas iteration of short video app Douyin, of Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, in Ji'nan city, east China's Shandong province, 20 April 2017.Short video app TikTok said on Thursday (27 Ferbuary 2019) it is ready for large-scale business exploration in North America after the company agreed to settle with the United States Federal Trade Commission for $5.7 million as its sister app was accused of violating local rules. The US government agency launched an investigation on Musical.ly, a popular lip-sync video app in 2016, suspecting it has violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, which requires that developers or websites targeted at children under 13 must require parental consent to share personal information. The app was later acquired by Chinese multimedia giant Bytedance in 2017 and merged with TikTok the next year. "While we were 'accidentally' embroiled in this case, we've been actively in touch with the FTC," said a TikTok representative for North America in a written reply to China Daily. "With the current settlement, we are given green light to expand our business scope." Due to the investigations, TikTok did not introduce personalized ads services in the US. According to data from app intelligence firm Sensor Tower, TikTok's monthly downloads have been frequently higher than those of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube in the US since late last year.No Use China. No Use France.

To enhance data security, federal privacy legislation is just a start

Robert D. Williams

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

This cuffing season, it’s time to consider the privacy of dating apps

Caitlin Chin and Mishaela Robison

Friday, November 20, 2020

FILE PHOTO: An election worker places mail-in ballots into a voting box at a drive-through drop off location at the Registrar of Voters for San Diego County in San Diego, California, U.S., October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

By passing Proposition 24, California voters up the ante on federal privacy law

Cameron F. Kerry and Caitlin Chin

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris address reporters about efforts to confront the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic after meeting with members of the "Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board" in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

What divided control of Congress would mean for President-elect Biden

Darrell M. West

Monday, November 9, 2020

A laboratory worker works on fast PCR testing samples in Confidence laboratory, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Vienna, Austria October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

To mitigate the costs of future pandemics, establish a common data space

Stephanie Chin and Caitlin Chin

Monday, November 2, 2020

The U.S. Capitol building is seen on Tuesday morning after the federal government was shutdown when the House and Senate failed to pass a budget in Washington October 1, 2013. The lawmakers who shut down the U.S. government on Tuesday have the best view of the result from their perch in the U.S. Capitol: a two-mile stretch of museums, monuments and federal buildings along the National Mall that were closed for business. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E9A11QZF01

How the 2020 elections will shape the federal privacy debate

Cameron F. Kerry and Caitlin Chin

Monday, October 26, 2020

The TikTok application is seen on an iPhone 11 Pro max in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland on September 29, 2020. The TikTok app will be banned from US app stores from Sunday unless president Donald Trump approves a last-minute deal between US tech firm Oracle and TikTok owner ByteDance. US authorities say the Chinese video sharing app threaten national security and could pass on user data to China. (Photo by Jaap Arriens / Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

What the debate over TikTok means for the future of social media

Mishaela Robison and Jack Karsten

Monday, October 12, 2020

Past Policy 2020 Event

What to expect on tech policy in the next presidential administration

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

General view of the U.S. head office of TikTok in Culver City, California, U.S., September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

TechTank Podcast Episode 4: Should Trump ban TikTok and WeChat?

Darrell M. West, Nicol Turner Lee, and Tom Wheeler

Thursday, September 17, 2020

Advancing the transatlantic dialogue in the aftermath of Schrems II

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

A woman has her face scanned by a facial recognition device that identifies people when they wear masks to gain access to the office of the Chinese electronics manufacturer Hanwang (Hanvon) Technology in Beijing as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), China, March 6, 2020. Picture taken March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

The new urgency of global tech governance

Landry Signé, Mark Esposito, and Sanjeev Khagram

Thursday, September 10, 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

Using differential privacy to harness big data and preserve privacy

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Binary code superimposed on the European Union flag

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