• Aug 31, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Surveillance,

Mozilla study reaffirms that internet history can be used for “reidentification”

A recent research paper has reaffirmed that our internet history can be reliably used to identify us. The research was conducted by Sarah Bird, Ilana Segall, and Martin Lopatka from Mozilla and is titled: Replication: Why We Still Can’t Browse in Peace:On the Uniqueness and Reidentifiability of Web Browsing Histories. The paper was released at … Continue reading “Mozilla study reaffirms that internet history can be used for “reidentification””

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  • Feb 21, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

ISPs sue Maine; claim their First Amendment right to free speech allows them to sell your internet history

Internet service providers (ISPs) are taking the state of Maine to court over an internet privacy law that the ISPs do not want to follow. The lawsuit was first reported on by ArsTechnica’s Jon Brodkin. Back in 2017, Maine legislatures on every side of the bench came together to propose a law that forbade ISPs … Continue reading “ISPs sue Maine; claim their First Amendment right to free speech allows them to sell your internet history”

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  • Jun 20, 2017
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

The California Broadband Internet Privacy Act aims to protect your broadband privacy from ISPs

California Assemblymember Ed Chau has introduced a new internet privacy bill in California in direct response to the repeal of FCC internet privacy regulations, which were struck out several months ago with President Trump’s signature despite rampant public outcry. The bill, A.B. 375, is titled the California Broadband Internet Privacy Act. As the Chair of … Continue reading “The California Broadband Internet Privacy Act aims to protect your broadband privacy from ISPs”

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  • May 4, 2017
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

Broadband privacy protections go local: Tacoma and Seattle restrict cable companies from selling personal information without permission

Two cities in Washington state, Tacoma and Seattle, have been leading America in introducing broadband privacy protections from cable companies at the city level. The new rule in Seattle, set by the City of Seattle Information Technology Department (ITD) Director’s Rule, applies to cable companies chartered in the city – including Comcast, Wave, and CenturyLink. … Continue reading “Broadband privacy protections go local: Tacoma and Seattle restrict cable companies from selling personal information without permission”

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  • Mar 29, 2017
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

Dear Mr. President, you must veto S.J.Res.34, protect #BroadbandPrivacy, and #KeepOurNetFree

President Donald Trump could and should veto a newly passed resolution which strips away Americans’ broadband privacy protections. In response to the 215-205 vote by the House of Representatives to pass S.J.Res.34 yesterday afternoon, Private Internet Access took out full page ads in The New York Times and The Washington Post to deliver a simple message … Continue reading “Dear Mr. President, you must veto S.J.Res.34, protect #BroadbandPrivacy, and #KeepOurNetFree”

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  • Mar 28, 2017
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

House of Representatives votes 215-205 to do away with Broadband Privacy, allow ISPs to sell your private internet history

“The ayes have it.” Broadband Privacy has been dealt a blow in Congress with the recent repeal of online privacy protections by the FCC with a 215-205 vote. Since the online privacy protections were voted in by the FCC in 2016, ISPs and their lobbying organizations have been donating and posturing hard to dismantle Internet privacy and … Continue reading “House of Representatives votes 215-205 to do away with Broadband Privacy, allow ISPs to sell your private internet history”

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  • Mar 23, 2017
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

US Senate votes 50-48 to do away with broadband privacy rules; let ISPs and telecoms to sell your internet history

Despite widespread disapproval from constituents, S.J.Res 34 has passed the United States Senate with a vote of 50-48, with two absent votes. Earlier today, at 12:25 Eastern March 23, 2017, the US Senate voted on S.J.Res 34, and will use the Congressional Review Act to strip away broadband privacy protections that kept Internet Service Providers (ISPs) … Continue reading “US Senate votes 50-48 to do away with broadband privacy rules; let ISPs and telecoms to sell your internet history”

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