privacy policy
Fitbit, Jawbone, Garmin and Mio fitness bands criticized for privacy failings
Several of the most popular fitness wearable makers have been criticized for having obscure and asymmetrical terms and conditions that impinge on Europeans’ consumer and privacy rights.
EU-US Privacy Shield data transfer deal faces legal challenge
The European Commission’s newly minted data-sharing arrangement with the U.S. — the EU-US Privacy Shield — is facing a legal challenge on privacy grounds.
Players of Pokemon Go are not only giving up their right to act like sane human beings in public, as they walk around, zombie-esque, reaching into the phones held in…
As FCC considers new broadband privacy rules, report urges wider user data safeguards
A new report from U.S. consumer rights and privacy advocacy group, the Center for Digital Democracy, has set out the case for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to tighten data…
Draft Text Of EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Deal Fails To Impress The Man Who Slayed Safe Harbor
The draft text of an agreement between the EU and the US to establish a new self-certification framework governing transatlantic data flows aimed at ensuring data protection and privacy compliance…
Snapchat Responds To Chatter About Privacy Policy Change
Social media rumors were taken far too seriously this weekend, as word spread around the globe that Snapchat’s recent privacy policy update gave the company ownership over user content, which…
National U.S. Privacy Laws Are Needed
Somehow we missed “privacy” from the initial constitutional design and amendments thereafter. This “right” was not endowed to us by our Founding Fathers, and does not make up the conscience…
Three years ago, a common human being interested in the privacy policy of a gadget or service it was using was a rare bird. With the revelation that a large…
How To Explain Your Privacy Policy And Terms Of Service Changes
Today, I sat down with our own Josh Constine to discuss all of the ruckus having to do with the recent privacy policy and terms of service changes for Instagram…