By Alex Psilakis While the COVID-19 pandemic revolutionized how communities educate students across the globe, it likewise exposed students to new data privacy risks. The…
By Alex Psilakis While it may seem as though the U.S. government cannot acquire private, sensitive information collected on one’s phone without probable cause, recent…
President Joe Biden’s move to protect abortion access includes a bid to enlist the Federal Trade Commission to help the Department of Health and Human Services guard…
By Alex Psilakis When it comes to protecting children’s privacy online, there remains a lot more that developers, platforms, and government regulators can and must…
Read the original story here. As if people with uteruses didn’t have enough to worry about since the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that signaled the end of Roe…
Read the original story here. By Tatum Hunter and Heather Kelly Lots of people find it helpful to keep tabs on their menstrual cycles. Advertisers,…
By Alex Psilakis Google recently launched two major updates aimed at enhancing user privacy and security. First, Google announced a multi-year effort to develop a Privacy Sandbox on Android. The…
By Holden Williams In late March, the Financial Times reported that mobile apps using software development kits (SDKs) created and operated by the Russian tech giant Yandex risked sharing user…
On January 18, 2022, the International Digital Accountability Council (IDAC) held a webinar on the state of mobile health apps and data privacy in 2022. The webinar built off of…
By Holden Williams In December, 43 members of Congress called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate the sale, use, and transfer of…