Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of October 9th, 2020 Representatives Garcia and Wagner introduce EARN IT Act to the House The EARN IT Act has officially been introduced to the House of Representatives. The EARN IT Act previously passed the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this year and has bipartisan support in both the House … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: October 9, 2020”
The Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act (EARN IT Act) is now on the House of Representatives floor. The bill (full text) was submitted by Representatives Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) and Ann Wagner (R-MO) and while it has not passed the Senate floor yet, the EARN IT Act has passed the Senate Judiciary … Continue reading “Representatives Garcia and Wagner introduce EARN IT Act to the House”
Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of July 3rd, 2020 Andrew Yang unveils Data Dividend Project to make tech companies pay for your personal information A new project started by Andrew Yang is floating the idea of making tech companies pay users for the personal information given up. Most of the time, we are giving … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: July 3, 2020”
The latest attack on encryption is here, and it’s being championed under the cover of – surprise surprise – a necessary step to protect the children. Senator Lindsey Graham and Senator Richard Blumenthal are proposing a new bill called the ‘‘Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2019,” abbreviated as the EARN … Continue reading “The EARN IT Act is the latest clueless attack on encryption, do not fall for it”