Economy Dec 30 Google to pay Indiana $20 million to resolve tracking privacy lawsuit By Associated Press
World Oct 07 Biden signs executive order promising EU citizens better data privacy President Joe Biden has signed an executive order designed to allay European concerns that U.S. intelligence agencies are illegally spying on them. By Frank Bajak, Kelvin Chan, Associated Press
World Sep 26 Edward Snowden granted Russian citizenship by Putin Snowden has been living in Russia since 2013 to escape prosecution in the U.S. after leaking classified documents detailing government surveillance programs. He has said he made the disclosures because he believed the U.S. had wrongly infringed on civil liberties. By Associated Press
Education Aug 26 How higher ed is trying to improve student performance with data The use of data to drive decisions is a fairly new shift for many in higher education, and colleges are weighing their ability to know more than ever about their students against the ethical and privacy-related risks that come with… By Taylor Swaak, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Economy Aug 24 Cosmetics giant Sephora settles customer data privacy lawsuit Sephora Inc. has settled a lawsuit claiming the company sold customer information without proper notice in violation of the California's landmark consumer privacy law. By Don Thompson, Associated Press
Aug 18 Hundreds of Google workers demand abortion protections, data privacy By Associated Press Hundreds of Google employees are petitioning the company to extend its abortion health care benefits to contract workers and to strengthen privacy protections for Google users searching for abortion information online. Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch 4:03 How people can protect their data in the wake of the Roe ruling By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has raised concerns about technology and the kinds of data that should be protected. Google said this week it will automatically delete abortion clinic visits from users' location history. But it's… Continue watching
May 26 Why cellphone privacy matters in a post-Roe world By Susan Landau, The Conversation Even a burner phone paid for with cash can reveal your identity and where you’ve been. Continue reading
Jun 30 WATCH: Microsoft executive calls it ‘routine’ for federal law enforcement to seek data on customers By Eric Tucker, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Federal law enforcement agencies secretly seek the data of Microsoft customers thousands of times a year, according to congressional testimony Wednesday by a senior executive at the technology company. Continue reading
Jun 19 Google loses appeal against $56 million fine in France By Associated Press Google was first slapped with the fine in January 2019, the first penalty for a U.S. tech giant under new European data privacy rules that took effect in 2018. Continue reading