Feb 19 Watch 5:38 Personal user data from mental health apps being sold, report finds By William Brangham, Sarah Clune Hartman Thousands of mental health apps are available on your phone or computer, offering services like virtual therapy sessions, mood trackers and meditation guides. They can be helpful and affordable tools, but what happens with users’ personal information? Justin Sherman, senior… Continue watching
Dec 30 Google to pay Indiana $20 million to resolve tracking privacy lawsuit By Associated Press Google has agreed to pay Indiana $20 million to resolve the state's lawsuit against the technology giant over allegedly deceptive location tracking practices. Continue reading
Oct 07 Biden signs executive order promising EU citizens better data privacy By Frank Bajak, Kelvin Chan, Associated Press President Joe Biden has signed an executive order designed to allay European concerns that U.S. intelligence agencies are illegally spying on them. Continue reading
Sep 26 Edward Snowden granted Russian citizenship by Putin By Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Aug 26 How higher ed is trying to improve student performance with data By Taylor Swaak, The Chronicle of Higher Education 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… Continue reading
Aug 24 Cosmetics giant Sephora settles customer data privacy lawsuit By Don Thompson, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
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