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Privacy

With Dems in control of the House, now is the time for states to pressure Congress to act on privacy

Editor’s note: Alex Alben is the Chief Privacy Officer for the State of Washington. He discussed privacy, data, and smart… Read More

Oregon senator proposes privacy regulations with prison and revenue penalties for data misuse

Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, introduced a privacy bill Thursday that would level hefty penalties against technology companies… Read More

Privacy and the public library: NYPL’s chief digital officer looks to raise awareness in Seattle visit

If you want to see how a public library adopts technology at scale, consider heading to New York City. There,… Read More

Seattle startup vets take on Google with Helm, a new $499 personal email server

A Seattle-area startup is aiming to take on giants such as Google and change the way we do email with… Read More

Rep. Suzan DelBene and colleagues push for U.S. data privacy regulation

Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) is adding her voice to a growing chorus of U.S. lawmakers calling for stronger consumer protections online.… Read More

Hackers access up to 50M Facebook accounts exploiting ‘vulnerability’ in platform’s code

Hackers were able to access nearly 50 million Facebook accounts by exploiting a security vulnerability, the company said Friday. In… Read More

Privacy at an inflection point: Why the time has come for meaningful U.S. regulation

Editor’s note: Alex Alben is the Chief Privacy Officer for the State of Washington. He will be speaking at the… Read More

Uber to pay Washington state drivers $2.2M in multistate $148M settlement over 2016 data breach

Uber will pay Washington state $5.79 million as part of a massive $148 million settlement reached with attorneys general in… Read More

Amazon warns onerous privacy regulations could hinder innovation in Senate hearing

Amazon and other tech titans have accepted the reality that a federal data privacy law is on the horizon. To… Read More

Grappling with Google Duplex: What happens when our AI assistants suddenly seem more human

When I first saw Google’s new Duplex technology, it was simultaneously thrilling and horrifying. It’s the kind of technological evolution… Read More

NetMotion launches an IT platform to keep tabs on corporate smartphones

Smartphones have been around for a while, but IT departments are still trying to grapple with a challenge they’ve created:… Read More

Spencer Rascoff

Zillow’s Spencer Rascoff on tech’s naiveté toward evil, and how scandals are a wake-up moment

 Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff offered his take on tech’s troubles of late during an appearance at the Code… Read More

Race to the GDPR finish line: How US tech companies are preparing for Europe’s stringent new privacy law

For months, companies like Seattle-based mobile payments startup Remitly, have been mapping out their entire inventory of user data, updating privacy policies,… Read More

Working Geek: Privacy chief Ginger Armbruster guards Seattle’s data from surprising threats

Open records laws that let people keep an eye on their government are generally seen as a net social good.… Read More

Data leak exposes 48M user profiles, scraped by startup from Facebook, Zillow and others, researcher says

A cybersecurity firm called UpGuard has tied Facebook — as well as other popular consumer sites — to another data leak.… Read More

What the tools Facebook built for Europe’s new privacy regulations mean for users everywhere

Facebook fatigue may be setting in after weeks of headlines, hours of Congressional testimony, and a deluge of updates that… Read More

Starbucks picked an odd time to force WiFi customers to cough up personal data

With all the sensitive news about Facebook and privacy hovering menacingly over the Internet this week, it seems an odd… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: The great privacy debate — and how companies like Apple could benefit

How should gadget fans think about privacy? Geared Up cohost Andru Edwards, for one, says growing concerns about data privacy… Read More

Facebook now says data from up to 87M users was shared with Cambridge Analytica, far more than previously reported

The number of Facebook users whose data was illegitimately shared with Republican-backed political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica was bigger than… Read More

Microsoft and DOJ ask Supreme Court to dismiss case involving customer’s overseas data

Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice have asked the Supreme Court to drop a case that has pitted the… Read More

FTC investigating Facebook as social network’s public trust and stock price plummet

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is opening an investigation into Facebook’s privacy practices, following reports last week that political consultancy… Read More

Should we pay for Facebook? ‘Something needs to change’ to resolve data privacy tension

Many of us pay a monthly or annual fee for Netflix, Spotify, Amazon Prime and other online services. So why… Read More

Class action suit vs. CenturyLink and DirecTV alleges customer data can be accessed via internet search

A lawsuit against internet provider CenturyLink and AT&T-owned DirecTV alleges the companies fail to adequately protect personal customer data — to… Read More

‘Global chaos’ or just a ‘click of the mouse’? Supreme Court set to hear Microsoft vs. US in overseas customer data dispute

A showdown between Microsoft and the U.S. government will take place at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, and it… Read More

House of Representatives extends NSA warrantless surveillance program, a blow to privacy advocates

The House of Representatives has passed a bill extending the National Security Administration’s warrantless surveillance program for six years, rejecting… Read More

Microsoft predicts 2018 will usher in a new era for tech companies sitting on silos of consumer data

Microsoft believes we are on the cusp of a “sea change” that will set a new standard for big tech… Read More

Tenta browser for Android adds feature to keep ISPs and others from seeing which sites users visit

Tenta, the Seattle company behind an Android browser aimed at guarding the privacy of mobile web users, has built what… Read More

Bob Ferguson

Washington files first state suit against Uber over massive data breach, seeking millions in penalties

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing Uber in King County Superior Court for failing to report a massive… Read More

Kumail Nanjiani

A techie on TV, ‘Silicon Valley’ star says he’s scared of what he sees as tech’s ethical failings

Looks like the guys at the Pied Piper offices have been watching the congressional hearings involving Facebook, Twitter and Google.… Read More

U.S. Supreme Court to hear Microsoft-DOJ dispute over emails stored at Ireland data center

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a long-running case between Microsoft and the Department of Justice that could… Read More

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