Emerging Tech
Key Lawmaker: Digital Passport Only Way to Deter Crypto Use for Ransomware Attacks
The House Science subcommittee chairman—a REAL ID enthusiast—is probing the viability of “privacy enhancing technologies” for biometric data such as facial-feature mappings.
Policy
Biden Calls for Filibuster Override to Protect Privacy After Roe v. Wade Reversal
How the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion could lead to the codification of an actual right to privacy and a whole lot more. Success may require voting in midterm elections.
Digital Government
US-UK Privacy Tech Initiative Focuses on Halting Financial Crime
Both countries want to jumpstart development on privacy-enhancing technologies, which depend on data analysis with limited database access.
Digital Government
Big Tech Clashes with Brick and Mortar Group over Liability in Privacy Hearing
A similar dynamic is playing out in cybersecurity policy as the government drafts new contract language for cloud service providers.
Digital Government
White House Developing National Strategy to Increase Data Collection as Privacy Tech Improves
A pending national strategy on data collection and analytics will focus on regulation and policy changes, according to a forthcoming request for public comments.
Policy
Bipartisan bill proposes new federal data privacy standards
The American Data Privacy and Protection Act stands to improve American users’ data privacy and offers federal regulatory power.
Digital Government
Bipartisan Bill Establishes All-Encompassing Federal Data Privacy Standards
The American Data Privacy and Protection Act stands to improve American users’ data privacy and offers federal regulatory power.
Digital Government
Democratic Lawmakers Implore Google To Halt Geo Data Collection
A slew of Democratic lawmakers asked Google to stop harvesting geodata from Android devices amid fear of abortion-related prosecutions.
Emerging Tech
ACLU Spearheads Letter to Fed Imploring Anonymity in Cryptocurrencies
A dozen civil rights groups penned a letter to the Federal Reserve underscoring the need to preserve human rights—like privacy—in researching a U.S. digital currency.
Digital Government
ICE has assembled a 'surveillance dragnet' with facial recognition and data, report says
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has used facial recognition to search through the driver's license photos of one in three adults in the U.S., according to a new report by Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy and Technology.
Digital Government
FBI Ran Over 3 Million Searches on Americans' Electronic Data
Using data harvested by Section 702, the FBI published an approximation of how many searches it ran on Americans’ data for the first time.
Ideas
Debunking Myths Around Facial Recognition: What Government Agencies Need to Know
Government use of facial recognition technology provides its fair share of controversy, as well as tangible benefits.
Digital Government
U.S. Joins ‘Historic’ Global Group Focused on Data Privacy
The newly-formed Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Forum aims to promote international data sharing with an emphasis on bridging differences in privacy frameworks.
Artificial Intelligence
Report Reveals Surveillance Abuses In Educational Technology
The report was commissioned by Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal and Edward J. Markey.
Digital Government
Executive Order Coming to Facilitate European Input on U.S. Government Surveillance
Major U.S. information technology companies are hoping to charm the European Union’s high court with a third attempt to clear their way in moving data across borders where laws governing privacy and data security have been fundamentally different.
Digital Government
Agencies Need More Tech Expertise to Support Future Data Privacy Legislation
California Rep. Zoe Lofgren said her proposed bill to govern data privacy standards will require expert judgements by regulatory agencies.
Policy
Proposed Bill Would Let People Know When Law Enforcement is Surveilling Them
The Government Surveillance Transparency Act requires law enforcement to disclose surveillance orders.
Policy
Privacy and Child Endangerment are Major Congressional Motivators for Regulating Big Tech
The House Energy and Commerce Committee heard witness testimony on the need for better transparency and government coordination in the tech industry.
Digital Government
Your Sense of Privacy Evolved Over Millennia – That Puts You at Risk Today but Could Improve Technology Tomorrow
You have a finely honed sense of privacy in the physical world. But the sights and sounds you encounter online don’t help you detect risks and can even lull you into a false sense of security.
Digital Government
CBP Revitalizes Biometric Data Collection At Border
Customs and Border Protection jumpstarted a DNA collection program in fall of 2021 to verify family relations, but will not store data it in the FBI's Combined DNA Index System.
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