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Private Internet Access implores Representative Crow to protect internet privacy by voting “NO” on H.R. 6172

Updated on Jan 30, 2024 by Caleb Chen

RE: Vote “NO” on H.R. 6172, USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 Dear Representative Crow, Private Internet Access implores you to vote “NO” on H.R. 6172, the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

How a VPN can protect your internet history from The Patriot Act & the FBI

Updated on Jul 15, 2021 by Caleb Chen

If passed as is, the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 will expand the infamous Section 215 of the Patriot Act to allow the FBI to view your internet search…

Categories: General Privacy News, Surveillance, VPN

Tell your House Representative to vote against letting the FBI access internet history without a warrant

Updated on Jan 31, 2024 by Caleb Chen

The Patriot Act is up for renewal with the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act and this bill as-is allows the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DOJ) to…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Noyb files complaint against Google under GDPR, saying Android Advertising ID can be tracked

Updated on Jan 31, 2024 by Caleb Chen

Every phone has an Android Advertising ID and it can be used to track your phone’s actions - and tied back to your identity. A privacy advocacy group called Noyb…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Salami seller peddles his own meat to customer by using her contact tracing details

Updated on Aug 2, 2021 by Caleb Chen

A New Zealand woman went to a Subway restaurant for a regular purchase of a sub sandwich, but then went home to an unpleasant surprise: unwanted advances from the man…

Categories: General Privacy News, Surveillance

These are the 37 Senators that voted to let the FBI seize your internet history without a warrant

Updated on Aug 26, 2020 by Caleb Chen

A key amendment to the USA Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2020 (H.R. 6172) that would have required authorities to obtain a warrant before gaining access to American internet browsing and…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Congress plans to expand Patriot Act with DOJ access to your web browsing and search activity without a warrant

Updated on May 13, 2020 by Caleb Chen

The infamous Patriot Act, which uses the threat of terrorism to expand surveillance over American citizens, is up for renewal under the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act - which is set…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Here’s how China has made mass surveillance a “killer application” for AI: will the US do the same?

Updated on Jan 31, 2024 by Glyn Moody

It's increasingly evident that the coronavirus pandemic will cause a radical re-shaping of many aspects of society, not least in the world of privacy. Many people are trying to discern…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Hungary suspends some GDPR privacy protections as part of COVID-19 “state of emergency”

Updated on Aug 26, 2020 by Caleb Chen

The Hungarian government is suspending portions of the GDPR as part of their COVID-19 response. They are allowed to do so because the country is under a state of emergency…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Growing storm over UK’s coronavirus tracing app shows how not to do it

Updated on Nov 23, 2022 by Glyn Moody

As this blog noted a couple of weeks ago, many governments around the world are looking to introduce coronavirus tracing apps to help take their countries out of lockdown. The…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance
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