Digital Government
NIST Offers Cash Prizes for New Ways to Maintain Anonymity in Data
The agency is putting up cash prizes for new differential privacy algorithms, as well as methods for testing the quality of those solutions and using open source code.
Digital Government
Senate Still Divided on Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation
Though recent bills are similar, lawmakers have yet to resolve two polarizing issues: preemption and private right to action.
Ideas
On TikTok, the Trump Administration Is Adopting China’s Own Vision for the Internet
Until recently, the United States has been a staunch opponent of data localization laws.
Ideas
The Need for Unified Data Protection in the U.S.
Innovative businesses should be fighting to get federal privacy legislation to get the most out of data while simultaneously protecting customer information.
Cybersecurity
House bill aims to strengthen digital ID
Legislation proposed in the House would tap the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of Homeland Security in new effort to help set national digital identifier capabilities.
Emerging Tech
City Ban on Business Use of Facial Recognition Tech Said to Be a First
Elected leaders in Portland, Oregon approved the measure this week.
Digital Government
Report Outlines How U.S. Could Counter Un-Democratic Uses of Surveillance Technology
The federal government should take steps to imbue surveillance technologies with individual freedoms protections citizens of democracies expect, the authors say.
Digital Government
Survey: Nearly 3 in 4 Americans Want More Government Oversight on Data Privacy
Slightly less than half of Americans say they wouldn’t share any sort of sensitive information with a business for any reason.
Policy
CBP Shifts to Enterprise Approach to Manage Phone Searches at U.S. Borders
The agency uses metadata to create a system of record for electronic device searches but agents may be able to access information irrelevant to their cases.
Cybersecurity
NSA wants NatSec users to mask location data
The spy agency is advising users of Defense Department and National Security Systems to take steps to mask their location data on mobile devices and computers.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Push FTC to Investigate Online Advertisers Tracking and Selling of Consumers’ Data
They warn consumers’ bidstream data can be used to “compile exhaustive dossiers about them.”
Ideas
How to Hide from a Drone – the Subtle Art of ‘Ghosting’ in the Age of Surveillance
An umbrella could protect from more than just rain.
Digital Government
NIH Needs ‘Honest Broker’ To Manage New COVID-19 Data Warehouse
The health agency is looking for a vendor to act as a “neutral intermediary” to spur research without compromising patient privacy.
Artificial Intelligence
Photo Tweaks Could Protect Your Privacy from Algorithms
End users can use this technology to help mask vital attributes on their photos before posting them online.
Digital Government
Contact Tracing Demonstrates Need for National Privacy Laws, Lawmaker Says
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said the technology being developed to aid the fight against coronavirus proves the need for a standardized privacy framework.
Digital Government
Senate Voices Privacy Concerns Over Contact Tracing
Experts were gathered in front of the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection to testify on scams. But data privacy concerns bubbled over.
Emerging Tech
Is Social Distancing Effective? Navy Considers Employee-Tracking Wearables to Find Out.
Officials are looking to launch a proximity tracking program.
Cybersecurity
House Oversight Lawmaker Wants Apple, Google to Step Up Security on Apps With Foreign Ties
Rep. Stephen Lynch seeks commitments from the tech giants to be more transparent about applications on their stores.
Digital Government
Customs to Expand License Plate Reading Program Nationwide
Customs will have access to commercial datasets including license plate images and data from parking garages, toll booth cameras and financial institutions, as well as local governments and law enforcement.
Ideas