By Leslie Harris Last week, the Biden Administration repealed the ill-considered Trump-era Executive Orders against Tik Tok and WeChat, and replaced it with a new Executive Order on Protecting Americans’…
By Leslie Harris Last month, the International Digital Accountability Council (IDAC) launched its investigation into Vaccine Passports to increase transparency about privacy practices, identify harms and practices that don’t align with app…
As the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues its efforts to address pervasive dark patterns on the web and in mobile apps, the International Digital Accountability Council (IDAC) submitted public comments…
In the coming months, IDAC will investigate these Vaccine Passport apps as they reach the market to increase transparency about privacy practices, identify harms and practices that don’t align with…
By: Ginny Kozemcak, Will Monge, Nathan Good, Gauri Gupta, Joel Reardon, Dan Kinney and William Boag Executive Summary A majority of Americans feel they have little control over how their…
Digital privacy took another step forward this week as Google followed Apple and announced it will begin requiring app developers to provide far more information to users about the personal…
By Ginny Kozemczak Last year, Google took impressive steps to better protect users and guard against inappropriate and malicious behavior in its mobile app ecosystem. These are important steps to…
Apple Privacy Nutrition Labels IDAC Policy Brief By Gauri Gupta Summary Nearly six months after its high profile rollout of app privacy labels, Apple finds itself facing roiling concern about…
By Ginny Kozemczak Last year, Apple took an important step forward and announced changes designed to boost user privacy. Starting with iOS 14.5, developers were required to ask users for…
Leslie Harris, an experienced and innovative internet policy leader and founding board member of the International Digital Accountability Council has been chosen as Acting President of IDAC, replacing founding President…