Virginia Supreme Court ruling on license plates creates dangerous speed bumps...
A license plate number would not be “personal information” because there is nothing about a license plate number that inherently “describes, locates or indexes anything about an individual.” Without...
View ArticleWhen Regulating New Tech Harms Public Safety
When Regulating New Tech Harms Public Safety – Route 50 Also featured in NextGov Humans innately use facial recognition from the moment we are born. Now our tech devices are mimicking our own facial...
View ArticleFacial recognition tech a boon for law enforcement
The Boston Herald Facial recognition technology has become a lightning rod for debate in Massachusetts.Proponents of the technology — and, yes, I’m one of them — argue that it helps law enforcementto...
View ArticleTaking Power Away From Parents in a War on Tech
Like many parents, I have real concerns on how best to raise my children in the digital age. There is no Dr. Spock book on raising a child in the 21st Century. I can’t ask my parents what they did...
View ArticleIf Congress Cares About Data Security, It Shouldn’t Weaken Encryption
More Americans than ever are concerned about protecting their data. Congress, too, has echoed these concerns. And on hearing these concerns, technology businesses like Apple, Facebook, and Google have...
View ArticleInnovation for America — But not for Illinois
Individual privacy is important, and Illinois should continue to enact legislation that protects our state’s consumers. However, when class-action attorneys abuse Illinois’ privacy laws to create new...
View ArticleFacebook and Cambridge Analytica: What’s this really about?
Facebook and Cambridge Analytica: What’s this really about? So rather than blame technology for election outcomes and call for more regulation, let’s start by seeing this incident for what it is: a...
View ArticleWant to Keep Kids Safe Online? Don’t Just ‘Do Something.’
In the wake of recent documents released by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, Congress has laser-focused on protecting children from the perceived dangers of the internet. This has resulted in...
View ArticleIt’s Data Privacy Week and We Need a Federal Data Privacy Standard
Happy Data Privacy Week and happy early Data Privacy Day! We’re glad to see organizations, companies, and nonprofits raising awareness about privacy concerns and considerations Americans face every...
View ArticleThe Washingtonians who can finally deliver on data privacy
The Washington Legislature in Olympia is out of session for 2022, and it has yet again failed to reach consensus on a data privacy standard. Even if they are successful next year, adding another state...
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