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…
By Gauri Gupta and Ginny Kozemczak In her recent keynote address at a Future of Privacy Forum event, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Acting Chairwoman Rebecca Slaughter outlined how pandemic-induced privacy…
A report by the International Digital Accountability Council & GMF Digital Summary A patchwork of privacy laws globally and the lack of baseline protections in the United States undermines users’…
As an independent nonprofit watchdog, the International Digital Accountability Council (IDAC) seeks to identify risks and harms in the digital ecosystem, and then resolve them as early as possible. Sometimes,…
By Ginny Kozemczak With a mission of improving the digital ecosystem through international monitoring and accountability, IDAC knows a key component of success requires educating and collaborating with online applications…
By: Willie Boag and Gauri Gupta On November 23, 2020, The International Digital Accountability Council (IDAC) hosted a webinar, “How the 2020 Presidential Campaigns Collect, Share Voter Data and Best…
Throughout the 2020 election, campaign apps and websites transmitted extensive amounts of personal information about users to third parties, sometimes without disclosure, a new report from a nonprofit Internet watchdog…
Read the original article here. 10/26/20 By Ashri Khandelwal Google has removed three children apps namely Princess Salon, Number Coloring and Cats & Cosplay from the Play Store for violating its…
Read the original article here. 10/26/20 By Chris Ciaccia Google has removed three popular apps from the Google Play Store after it was discovered the apps violated laws surrounding data collection…