Smart Meter Data: Privacy and Cybersecurity – Congressional Research Report 2012
By Catherine J. Frompovich In February of 2012, three attorneys with the Congressional Research Service (CRS) issued a lengthy report “Smart Meter Data: Privacy and…
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It Begins: Feds Demand Facebook Hand Over Info on Anti-Trump Users
By James Holbrooks Through a trio of search warrants, the Department of Justice (DoJ) is demanding Facebook hand over the personal information of potentially 6,000 of its…
Department of Homeland Security is Collecting Social Media Data on All Immigrants
By Derrick Broze The Department of Homeland Security has made public a rule which calls for collecting social media info on immigrants. A new report…
New Maine Law Prohibits Any State Gun Registry
By T.J. Martinell A law prohibiting any type of state firearms registry is now in effect in Maine. The law will not only protect the privacy of…
The Self-Driving Vehicle Future Will Be The End of Privacy
By Derrick Broze Will the ongoing transition to self-driving cars come at the cost of passenger privacy? On September 6 the U.S. House of Representatives…
California Supreme Court Rules Against Police Collection of License Plate Data
By Derrick Broze Privacy and civil liberties advocates won a small victory this week as the California Supreme Court ruled that license plate data secretly…
CIA’s Secret Spy Tool Steals Biometric Data From Other Intelligence Agencies
By Aaron Kesel WikiLeaks has published a document of a CIA project called ‘ExpressLane’ that allows the agency to secretly extract biometric data from the…
Mobile Biometric Driver’s Licenses Coming to a State Near You
By MassPrivateI MorphoTrust (MT) is trying to convince motorists that mobile biometric driver’s licenses (MDL) are a good thing. Two years ago MT convinced the…
Microchipping Humans: First They Traded Freedom for Security, Now It’s Privacy for Convenience
By Claire Bernish If a steel truth exists in decades of technological innovation, it rests firmly in the convenience provided society — indeed, while the…
Points For “Good Behaviour”: Canadian Government Introduces the Creepiest App Ever
By James Corbett Yes, the Canadian government has rolled out an app that gives you points for eating well and exercising and taking quizzes about…
Voice-Activated Smart Home Technology Used to Make Arrest in Assault Case
By Nicholas West A new type of court case is slowly but demonstrably taking shape within the American legal system: alleged crimes being detected from…
Privacy Will Be Eliminated By Augmented Reality Within 10 Years
By Joe Joseph Augmented reality will soon hit the streets. When it does, it will change the way we live forever. Watch on YouTube Source: In…
Privacy Organization Urges Congress to Examine FBI’s Secret Biometric ID Program
By Nicholas West While the general public is still in the dark about the arrival of biometric identification that is taking place in nearly every…
If You’re Registered to Vote, You Probably Just Got Screwed by Major Data Leak
By Carey Wedler A consulting firm hired to elect Donald Trump in the 2016 election is responsible for the leak of data belonging to nearly…