Privacy News
Read the latest and most relevant privacy news by clicking on the links below. These news articles provide info on what you can do to protect your privacy, as well as the latest updates on new privacy laws. Subscribe to our newsletter above to receive a monthly overview of all new articles.
03/23/21 - Standard.net: "Apple's upcoming privacy prompt explained"
"Apple has announced its new privacy policy called App Tracking Transparency (ATT) that will require developers to ask for permission when their apps use tracking data outside of their own apps."
03/22/21 - Consumer Reports: "Tesla's In-Car Cameras Raise Privacy Concerns"
"See our explanations below of how other automakers use in-car cameras or other types of driver monitoring systems."
03/18/21 - Safety.com: "How to Talk to Your Kids About the News and Protect their Sense of Safety"
"We’re living in challenging times these days — and our own worries and fears aren’t lost on our children. A recent Safety.com survey reports that “More than three-fourths of parents claim at least one event in the past year has impacted their child(ren)’s sense of safety.”
02/22/21 - MediaPost: "Virginia Passes Privacy Law Backed By Tech Companies"
"Lawmakers in Virginia have passed a privacy bill similar to a law that took effect last year in California."
01/15/21 - TheGuardian: "Should you keep using WhatsApp? Plus five tips to start the year with your
"If you use the popular messaging service WhatsApp you may have noticed a pop-up message in recent days asking you to accept the service's new terms and conditions by 8 February in order to continue using it."
01/10/21 - NYT: "He Created the Web. Now He's Out to Remake the Digital World"
"Tim Berners-Lee want to put people in control of their personal data. He has technology and a start-up pursuing that goal. Can he succeed?"
01/08/21 - WIRED: "WhatsApp Has Shared Your Data With Facebook for Years, Actually"
"Since Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014, users have wondered and worried about how much data would flow between the two platforms. Many of them experienced a rude awakening this week, as a new in-app notification raises awareness about a step WhatsApp actually took to share more with Facebook back in 2016."
12/21/20 - CSO: "CPRA explained: New California privacy law ramps up restrictions on data use"
"In November, Californians approved a ballot measure, Proposition 24, a.k.a. the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), to create a new consumer data privacy agency. "
12/15/20 - ComplianceWeek: "FTC data requests could pave way to federal privacy law, experts say"
"The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a broad and wide-ranging request to nine social media companies and video streaming services for information about how they collect and use the personal information of their users, how they sell that information to advertisers, and how the practices affect children and teens."
10/07/20 - Wired: "Do Not Track is Back, and This Time It Might Work"
"California's privacy law says businesses must respect universal opt-outs. Now the technology finally exists to put that to the test."
09/14/20 - PRIVACY101.org: "Why You Should Watch and Share the Social Dilemma on Netflix"
"The Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma tries to address how social media is used to manipulate and distort our world views and how susceptible we all are to it."