Emerging Tech
Google Streamlines Search Data Controls
This change could be in response to some recent controversies.
Digital Government
A necessary plan for managing privacy risk
As a well-engineered blueprint, NIST's privacy framework will provide voluntary guidelines for managing privacy risk, furthering protections and delivering practical tools that still allow for continued U.S. innovation.
Cybersecurity
Mozilla Tests Firefox VPN Service
The popular browser is seeing whether users will pay a monthly fee for extra privacy.
Emerging Tech
New Apple Portal Lets Customers Download All Their Data
What dirt does Apple have you?
Cybersecurity
If You’re Worried About Online Privacy, You No Longer Have An Excuse
Just about every web service that isn’t selling you something is selling you to someone else.
Emerging Tech
How to Delete Your Google+ Account
Here is how to save your data before the social network sunsets.
Digital Government
Would You Let Your Boss Into Your Email Inbox?
One startup believes in full transparency.
Digital Government
Mark Warner Is Coming for Tech’s Too-Powerful
The senator from Virginia says he’s “very annoyed” with Silicon Valley’s “pathetic” response to security concerns.
Cybersecurity
The Newest Password Technology Is Making Your Phone Easier for Police to Search
For the first time, police have compelled a suspect to unlock his phone using Face ID. The case reveals an interesting inversion: More advanced password technology is less protected from police seizure.
Emerging Tech
Facebook Wants to Be Inside Your House With Portal, its First Physical Device
The company is already facing major consumer-trust issues.
Emerging Tech
How to Remove Your Phone Number From Facebook
The social media giant does allow you to do this.
Cybersecurity
That Sign Telling You How Fast You’re Driving May Be Spying On You
These common roadside devices could be capturing your license plate data.
Emerging Tech
The Web Is Broken, So Its Founder Is Taking Another Stab at It
Tim Berners-Lee believes people should control their own data.
Cybersecurity
It's Been a Bad Week for Facebook
In addition to a massive data breach, Facebook is in trouble for targeting ads using security information.
Cybersecurity
Border Agency Didn’t Secure Drone Surveillance Video, Photos for 2 Years
An auditor’s report found major security and privacy deficiencies in Customs and Border Protection’s drone surveillance program.
Emerging Tech
The Always-On Police Camera
A new patent proposes body cameras that can automatically activate in response to the sound of gunfire, or scan crowds for criminal suspects. What does that mean for expectations of privacy in public spaces?
Emerging Tech
Google Says it Spent “Hundreds of Years of Human Time” Complying With Europe’s Privacy Rules
The cost of protecting users.
Cybersecurity
What will a national data privacy law look like?
Lawmakers and industry increasingly support a federal data privacy law, but the devil is in the details.
Emerging Tech
Google Promises Changes To Chrome After Complaints
Some users felt the latest Chrome updates violated their privacy.
Cybersecurity