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Edward Snowden: New Tech Systems Need to Be Created to Protect Rights of Internet Users
Snowden was the keynote speaker at Open Rights Group’s OrgCon 2019.
Amazon Prime Day Is a Bonanza of Privacy-Invasion and Surveillance Hardware
Prime Day is a time of the year where these smart devices sell like hotcakes.
FBI to Increase Social Media Monitoring Efforts
The bureau has announced that it’s going to increase social media monitoring of “persons of interest”.
Amazon Employees Urge CEO Jeff Bezos to Stop Working With Palantir That Helps ICE Deport Illegal Immigrants
Palantir’s founder is Peter Thiel, a supporter of President Donald Trump.
The New York Privacy Act Goes Beyond GDPR and Introduces Idea of “Data Fiduciary”
The proposed law is stricter than both European privacy laws and California’s proposed law.
UK Police Are Still Investigating Journalists Over the Edward Snowden Case From 2013
UK’s National Union of Journalists criticized it by saying that reporting about unlawful surveillance was in the public interest.
US Tech Companies With Ties to Google Are Helping Middle East Dictators, Report Suggests
The report suggests that US surveillance tech is being put to bad use in the Middle East and North Africa.
Italy Outlines Free Public Wi-Fi Program, Raising Potential Privacy Concerns
Getting people used to free public Wi-Fi opens them up to the dangers of hidden private honeypot networks.
UK Home Secretary Pushes Crime Facial Recognition Tech That Only Worked 8 Out of 42 Times
The technology has been called illegal by civil rights groups.
FTC Approves Facebook Fine of One Month’s Revenue in Privacy Settlement
The fine is related to an investigation around the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.
US Tech Companies Are Helping China Monitor Millions of Its Citizens, Report Shows
China has a history of oppression and a new report suggests US tech firms are profiting off of it.
Scotlands NHS Health Symptoms Checker Website Is Sharing Data With Google and Facebook
The situation raises privacy concerns for people looking up medical symptoms.
