Cybersecurity
Pokemon Go Can Read Your Emails and View Your Search History if You Log in With Google
Gotta catch 'em all... and give them all your data.
Digital Government
Would a Uniform Digital ID Work in the US?
Some countries have invested in uniform digital identity with success. Their experiences can provide a roadmap for governments navigating the earlier stages of the journey.
Cybersecurity
Europeans OK trans-Atlantic data deal
One of the major players involved in the lengthy U.S./EU data transfer agreement process gave the thumbs-up on July 8.
Modernization
A Startup is Trying to Solve Bitcoin's Child Pornography Problem
Bitcoin's promise of anonymity and no government regulation makes it a potential hotbed for nefarious activities.
Digital Government
Video: How to Make Sure Facebook Doesn't Use Your Location to Find Friends
Take back a tiny bit of privacy.
Cybersecurity
Wyden: Rule 41 changes represent another compromise of security and liberty
Government proposals to weaken encryption and expand hacking authorities are cut from the same cloth of uninformed or ill-considered policymaking in response to security threats, according to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
Digital Government
Should Border Agents Scroll Through Foreigners’ Facebook Profiles?
A proposed change to a common U.S. customs form would allow the government to vet travelers’ social media accounts.
Cybersecurity
Senate bill would require VA to stop using SSNs
Sen. Tammy Baldwin has introduced legislation that would make the VA stop using Social Security numbers as identifiers in its IT systems.
Cybersecurity
GAO wants more privacy protections for facial recognition data
GAO said the FBI should take a careful look at the privacy issues involved with facial recognition technology and the hundreds of millions of images the bureau can access.
Digital Government
There Is No Such Thing as Private Data
If you need credit or a place to live, companies may try to persuade you to give up even the most intimate information in your social media accounts.
Cybersecurity
Sen. Sessions wants fingerprints for visitors entering and exiting the U.S.
Biometric identity data for a visa entry and exit system should boil down to fingerprints, says the chairman of a Senate immigration subcommittee.
Cybersecurity
FBI lax on facial recognition privacy, watchdog says
As law enforcement looks to tap advances in facial recognition, a government watchdog warns of the risks to privacy.
Cybersecurity
Email privacy update stalls in Senate
A move to update a 1986 law covering law enforcement access to email is frozen in the Senate over a security amendment dubbed a "poison pill" by the bill's sponsor.
Cybersecurity
U.S.-EU data deal won't end cross-border data uncertainty
A final endorsement from the European Commission is likely this summer, but despite American clarifications, Europeans are likely to keep challenging U.S. data practices.
Digital Government
IRS chooses security over accessibility
The tax agency relaunched Get Transcript with a security setup that it plans to incorporate into other tools, and acknowledged that not all taxpayers will be able to access the new system.
Cybersecurity
DOJ official: Some crypto poses 'undeniable' threat to public safety
Encryption has its virtues, but it is not universally good, said Leslie Caldwell, assistant attorney general for Justice's Criminal Division.
Cybersecurity
FTC: Too soon for internet of things laws
The Federal Trade Commission sees risks and opportunity in internet of things applications, but thinks new laws specific to the technology would be premature.
Emerging Tech
Privacy Groups -- and Uber -- Challenge FBI’s Attempt to Bypass Privacy Act
Under a proposed exemption, people whose information was stored in FBI’s massive biometric database would not be permitted to know.
Cybersecurity
DeSalvo makes business case for data sharing
The National Coordinator for Health IT emphasized three interdependent "drivers of success" for increased interoperability: a culture change around access to information, a business case for interoperability and the need for common standards.
Modernization