…The Federal Trade Commission this week announced a settlement with three marketing firms—not because they sold “Active Listening” technology for serving targeted advertising, but because the technology allegedly did not work…
…Documents from inside Meta released as part of a lawsuit alleging that Meta did not adequately protect underage users from abuse show, though, that implementing end-to-end encryption by default has…
…Yet comprehensive privacy legislation has repeatedly stalled in Washington, and the one narrow fix that did pass—a requirement that data shared with military contractors not be resold—left the broader industry…
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…settlement with Texas over allegations it had unlawfully collected biometric data from users. Its renewed efforts arrive amid mounting opposition to consumer-level face recognition, which privacy advocates argue will give anyone…
…The lawsuit alleges that DHS violated the customs law that gives the agency the power to request records from businesses and other parties. Perloff argues that the government is using the fact…
…The groups argue that including face recognition in the wearable devices, which can already surreptitiously record videos of people, would further erode any semblance of privacy and potentially facilitate stalkers, domestic abusers…
…Opt-out options for data sharing are available through its “Your Ads Privacy Choices” and “Advertising Preferences” pages, and through privacy settings on most Amazon devices. Montgomery says Amazon does not use…
New Yorkers have known for a long time that going to a game or concert at the Garden meant surrendering some privacy. That, as you watched the show, the Garden in a…
…My dad was initially resistant to Sensi because of his own privacy concerns—who can blame him?—but after a little cajoling from my sister and me, he finally agreed to have…