We've written many times on the PIA blog about the increasing use of biometric systems as a way of establishing identity and controlling access. Biometrics being used in this way…
Apple has made two important announcements that will enhance privacy for its users, and that could have important beneficial knock-on effects around the world: Wired reported that Apple has dropped…
We've just written about the mounting problems for Facebook and its parent company Meta. And to that list of issues can be added another one, potentially the biggest so far,…
As the 2022 Football World Cup kicks into high gear, privacy experts have raised the alarm over the two apps required to attend the World Cup festivities — the official…
US privacy laws in the world are improving constantly, but online privacy is still in its infancy. Despite the new legislation, Federal laws remain vague and State leaders have taken…
Surveillance used to be something that spies did to a few high-value targets using absurdly expensive pieces of specialized equipment. The arrival of the Internet as a mass medium changed…
It was three years ago that we blog wrote about the privacy problems raised by "smartphones on wheels" – the fact that today's vehicles contain powerful computer systems and a…
The PIA blog spends a lot of time discussing advertising, which might seem strange. But the sad fact is that today's online advertising model represents the most serious continuing assault…
One of the most serious new threats to online privacy is currently working its way through the European Union's legislative system. No decent person can be against a regulation "laying…
President Biden hopes that it's third time lucky for the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), implemented last week with an Executive Order (EO) on "Enhancing Safeguards for the United…