‘Vaccine Passport’ Apps Gaining Traction in Airports, Live Events May 5, 2021 By Paresh Dave Over 60 U.S. stadiums and other venues are deploying an app from Clear to verify people’s COVID-19 status, placing the...
How Tech Firms From Amazon to YouTube Ban Users for Off-Site Behavior April 27, 2021 By Elizabeth Culliford Earlier this month, Twitch announced it would start banning users for behavior away from its site. The move by Amazon...
Supreme Court Turns Down Cases Testing Hacking Law October 10, 2017 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sidestepped a growing controversy over who can give permission to access a computer, a...
HealthCare.gov Enhances Customer Privacy Features As 2016 Enrollment Nears October 12, 2015 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Responding to criticism from civil liberties advocates, the Obama administration said last week that it has strengthened consumer privacy protections...
YouTube Dancing Baby Recasts ‘Fair Use’ Under Copyright Law September 16, 2015 By Jonathan Stempel Copyright holders must consider “fair use” before demanding that people remove videos they post online, such as on Google Inc.’s...
Facebook’s Facial Recognition Software Draws Privacy Complaints, Lawsuit July 30, 2015 By Rachel Adams-Heard When you are identified in a picture on Facebook, biometric software remembers your face so it can be “tagged” in...