privacy

The Federal Trade Commission released its Privacy and Data Security Update for 2023 that highlights the FTC’s work to protect consumer privacy and respond to the evolving ways that companies use consumer data such as in the development…

Privacy is a key principle for developing ethical AI technologies. But as technological advances in AI far outpace regulation of these technologies, the responsibility of mitigating privacy risks in goods and…

AUGUSTA, Maine — A long-debated data privacy overhaul in Maine finally took a step forward Tuesday after months of meetings, amendments and pushback from Big Tech and businesses from L.L. Bean to a small-time candlemaker.The…

The United States. Department of Justice sued Apple Thursday over monopolistic practices. The complaint accuses Apple of moulding its privacy and security practices in ways that benefits the company financially. One quote…

The United States. Department of Justice sued Apple Thursday over monopolistic practices. The complaint accuses Apple of moulding its privacy and security practices in ways that benefits the company financially. One quote…

The U.S. Department of Justice sued Apple Thursday over monopolistic practices. The complaint accuses Apple of moulding its privacy and security practices in ways that benefits the company financially. One…

The AI boom, including the advent of large language models (LLMs) and their associated chatbots, poses new challenges for privacy. Is our personal information part of a model’s training data? Are our prompts being shared with law…

Data is crucial for ecommerce businesses to thrive. The abundance of data from customer interactions, online transactions, and market trends plays a significant role in driving ecommerce growth.However, there’s a dilemma. How can…

“o such fee is needed to fund your services,” they argue. “‘Pay or okay’ suggests a false choice between purchasing an ads-free experience or consenting to pervasive tracking of our online lives followed by surveillance-based…

Block Party, a startup developed by software engineer and tech diversity advocate Tracy Chou, was among the victims of Twitter’s (now X’s) API changes earlier this year, forcing it to pivot its business. At the SXSW conference in…

India’s federal election commission has fixed flaws on its website that exposed data related to citizens’ requests for information related to their voting eligibility status, local political candidates and…

The findings related to the identified RQs are elaborated as follows. 5.1. RQE1: What Are the Primary Sources of PGHD, and for What Purpose Are They Being Utilized in Healthcare Settings?Kawu et al. identified the primary sources of…

Credit: The Conversation Australian consumers don't understand how companies—including data brokers—track, target and profile them. This…

Meta has reaped rich financial rewards by selling its users’ data to advertisers, but its model has pit it against EU regulators. Consumer groups from eight EU countries lodged complaints on Thursday…

Meta has reaped rich financial rewards by selling its users’ data to advertisers, but its model has pit it against EU regulators. Consumer groups from eight EU countries lodged complaints on Thursday…

Meta has reaped rich financial rewards by selling its users' data to advertisers, but its model has pit it against EU regulators. Consumer…

A controversial move by Meta last year, when it switched to charging users in the Europe Union for an ad-free subscription for access Facebook and/or Instagram unless they agreed to be tracked and profiled so it can keep running its…

A controversial move by Meta last year, when it switched to charging users in the Europe Union for an ad-free subscription for access Facebook and/or Instagram unless they agreed to be tracked and profiled so it could keep running…

In response to the rapidly evolving landscape of data collection and analysis driven by advances in artificial intelligence, the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have established a Research…

Researchers and organizations can increase privacy in datasets through methods such as aggregating, suppressing, or substituting random values. But these means of protecting individuals' information do not always equally affect the…

When I received an offer to join the federal government as a U.S. Digital Corps Fellow, I wrote a pros and cons list. Listed in the cons list was the word “slow.” Before joining the civil service, I thought the federal government was…

The ISR's Peter Story and Norman Sadeh were authors on a research study that showed many people have misconceptions about what common online security and privacy tools really do.Surfing the web through private browsing modes, virtual…

The ISR's Peter Story and Norman Sadeh were authors on a research study that showed many people have misconceptions about what common online security and privacy tools really do.Surfing the web through private browsing modes, virtual…

  PREFACE The “Overview of the Privacy Act of 1974,” prepared by the Department of Justice’s Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties (OPCL), constitutes a discussion of various provisions of the Privacy Act, as addressed by court…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Italian authorities have accused OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, of breaching EU data protection law,…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Perfect safety is no more possible online than it is when driving on a crowded road with strangers or…

 It’s been four years since the release of The NIST Privacy Framework: A Tool for Improving Privacy Through Enterprise Risk Management, Version 1.0. Since then, many organizations have found it highly valuable for…

In October, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a set of rules that if implemented would transform how financial institutions handle personal data about their customers. The rules put control of that data back in the…

Our first post in the series introduced the concept of federated learning—an approach for training AI models on distributed data by sharing model updates instead of training data. At first glance, federated learning…

Much like a New Year’s resolution or a calendar reminder to change the batteries in the smoke detectors on New Year’s Day, Data Privacy Day on January 28 is the perfect prompt for renewed diligence on data privacy. First, Let’s…

1. IntroductionThe Internet of Things (IoT) has gained significant recognition and popularity since its inception as a network model by Ashton and Gamble in 1999. Its widespread adoption has been driven by the vast number of…

Words like “metaverse” and “augmented reality” may conjure up thoughts of friends in headsets wielding virtual sabers or folks roaming the streets at night in search of PokéStops. Virtual, augmented, and mixed reality…

Adtech giant Meta’s bid to keep tracking and profiling users of Facebook and Instagram in Europe in spite of the bloc’s comprehensive data protection laws is facing a second challenge from privacy rights advocacy group noyb. It’s…

A sign stands outside the Federal Trade Commission building, Jan. 28, 2015, in Washington. The FTC is proposing sweeping changes to a decades-old law that regulates…

4.1. Asynchronous Grouping Robust Aggregation AlgorithmLow training efficiency and vulnerability to Byzantine attacks can significantly affect the performance of federated learning. To address these issues, we propose an asynchronous…

Security testing is used to ensure that a mobile product does not pose a threat to agency IT systems and databases. In addition, privacy testing ensures that an app does not put the user’s personally identifiable information into a…

Contact centers operated and managed by federal agencies have to follow certain laws, regulations, policies, and other directives. Unless specifically noted, contact centers operated and managed by states or local governments do…

Adoption of Chivo Wallet in El Salvador. (A) Dynamics of Chivo Wallet downloads and (B) regional variations in adoption across El Salvadoran regions by shares of…

LONDON, UK, Dec. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pixalate, the global market-leading ad fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform, today released the Children's Privacy Risks in ‘Santa Calling’ Mobile Apps 2023 Report.…

The Federal Trade Commission has proposed changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) that would place new restrictions on the use and disclosure of children’s personal information and further limit the…

Start Preamble Indian Health Service, HHS. Notice and request for comments. Request for extension of…

What is privacy? Federal agencies must take great care when collecting information from users to protect their privacy, and publish a privacy policy to clearly disclose how that information will be used. The privacy policy should be easy…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain This November, Meta rolled out a new subscription model for Facebook and Instagram users in the…

Evaluating any claim to differential protection requires examining every component of the differential privacy pyramid. Its top level contains the most direct…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Depending on which late-model vehicle you own, your car might be watching you—literally and…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Librarians have historically taken a strong stand on protecting the privacy of their patrons. But how…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Influencing the U.S. election or the U.K.'s political future by using a combination of the personal…

Start Preamble Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.…

1. IntroductionCOVID-19 hit Canada in Toronto on 25 January 2020, and it continued to spread and claim many lives. To slow down the spread of the virus, the Canadian government implemented several measures, such as mask mandates,…

As mentioned earlier, the audiovisual footage recorded and transmitted by baby monitoring applications is sensitive. As a consequence, ensuring the confidentiality of audiovisual data should be a key concern for baby monitoring…