Connecticut Legislators Pass Consumer Data Privacy ‘Bill of Rights’ May 2, 2022 Consumers in Connecticut will be able to know when their personal information is being tracked and how it’s being used...
Human Nature Thwarts Widespread Use of Apps Tracking Coronavirus Exposure December 1, 2020 By Rae Ellen Bichell, Kaiser Health News The app builders had planned for pranksters, ensuring that only people with verified COVID-19 cases could trigger an alert. They’d...
Top Biden Tech Advisor Is Critic of Internet Firms; Helped Craft California Privacy Law November 25, 2020 By Joseph Menn President-elect Joe Biden’s top technology adviser helped craft California’s landmark online privacy law and recently condemned a controversial federal statute...
From Google to Webex to Teams to Zoom: How to Choose a Videoconferencing App April 21, 2020 By Supantha Mukherjee and Munsif Vengattil The coronavirus crisis has seen millions locked in their homes turn to videoconferencing apps, bringing with it question marks over...
Court Revives Privacy Violation Claims Against Facebook for Tracking Users April 14, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court last Thursday revived nationwide litigation accusing Facebook Inc. of violating users’ privacy rights by tracking their...
AXA XL Appoints Benet as Global Chief Underwriting Officer for Cyber February 5, 2020 To help manage its cyber risk portfolio worldwide, AXA XL has named Elizabeth Benet to the newly-created role of global...
Bipartisan Internet Privacy Proposal Calls for User OK to Share Data But Is Mum on Suits December 23, 2019 By Ben Brody, Rebecca Kern and Daniel R. Stoller A top House panel unveiled long-awaited draft privacy legislation that calls for limits on sharing consumers’ information and would allow...
Juul Labs and WeWork Being Sued Under Illinois Biometric Privacy Law November 12, 2019 By Peter Blumberg Juul Labs Inc. was sued for collecting biometric data from its online customers as a method of verifying they are...
Microsoft Vows to Honor California’s Consumer Privacy Law Countrywide November 11, 2019 By Diane Bartz and Nandita Bose Microsoft Corp. said in a blog post on Monday that it would honor California’s privacy law throughout the United States,...
Microsoft’s Home State’s Facial Recognition Privacy Bill Could Be Model for Others February 8, 2019 By Dina Bass Two months after calling for laws to regulate facial-recognition software, Microsoft Corp. is lobbying on behalf of a first-of-its-kind bill...