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Wyden’s “Mind Your Own Business Act” would force online services to respect Do Not Track

Do Not Track was a standardized way for browsers to tell services that their owners did not consent to having their activities and usage logged; however, it was subverted by Big Tech and big media companies and turned into a useless tick-box that had virtually no impact on your privacy.

Now, Senator Ron Wyden [D-OR] ...

Berkeley city council unanimously votes to ban ****** recognition technology

Berkeley has joined the swelling ranks of cities (pioneered by nearby Oakland) that have passed ordinances banning the government's use of ****** recognition technology, after a unanimous city council vote.

California has passed a statewide, three-year moratorium on the use of ****** recognition in conjunction with police bodycams.

Massachusetts in considering a similar measure, ...

Not only is Google’s auto-delete good for privacy, it’s also good news for competition

Earlier this month, Google announced a new collection of auto-delete settings for your personal information that allows you balance some of the conveniences of data-collection (for example, remembering recent locations in Maps so that they can be intelligently autocompleted when you type on a tiny, ****** mobile device keyboard) with the risks of long-term ...

Civil rights groups call for a stop to Amazon’s doorbell surveillance partnerships with cops

Evan from Fight for the Future writes, "More than 30 civil rights organizations, including Fight for the Future, Color of Change, National Immigration Law Center, and CAIR, have signed an open letter calling for elected officials to investigate Amazon Ring’s business practices and put an end to all Amazon-police surveillance partnerships. This is the ...

Don’t hold your breath for that U.S. online privacy bill

No new bill on online privacy expected expected to show up in Congress before the end of the year, Reuters reports, citing three unnamed sources on Capitol Hill.

A U.S. online privacy bill is not likely to come before Congress this year, three sources said, as lawmakers disagree over issues like whether the bill should preempt ...

Amazon wants to draft model ****** recognition legislation

Between its line of Ring-brand surveillance doorbells and its "Rekognition" ****** recognition product (both of which are used in law-enforcement and immigration-enforcement contexts), Amazon is at the center of the controversy over ****** recognition technology.

As cities and states get involved in banning or limiting the use of ****** recognition tools, Amazon ...

Doordash’s breach is different

One important detail from this week's admission from Doordash that they'd suffered (and remained silent about) a breach of 4.9 million records: Doordash, by its nature, includes the home addresses of people who otherwise avoid disclosing where they live.

People at risk from doxing, swatting, stalking, and other forms of privacy invasion take great ...

DoorDash data breach: 4.9 million customers, workers, and merchants’ info stolen

Another data security disaster for 'food delivery on demand' startup DoorDash, and it's not their first. The company confirms a data breach, and says sensitive information belonging to 4.9 million individual customers, delivery workers, and merchants -- all stolen by hackers.

In a blog post, DoorDash said the breach happened May 4, which is nearly 5 ...