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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: December 4, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of December 4th, 2020 Amazon’s Ring moves even closer to becoming the perfect urban police surveillance system The increased prevalence of Amazon’s Ring internet connected doorbell has privacy experts worried about surveillance implications. Researchers even found that the Amazon Ring app gathers personal information on the user and sends … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: December 4, 2020”

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  • Nov 30, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Senator Wyden to introduce legislation to stop the IRS from spying on Americans

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been in hot water and under investigation by its oversight body for buying location information on American citizens without a warrant. Motherboard has seen the contract between Venntel and the IRS that confirms how the IRS was spying on American citizens. Now, Senator Wyden has unveiled plans to introduce … Continue reading “Senator Wyden to introduce legislation to stop the IRS from spying on Americans”

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  • Oct 8, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

IRS being investigated for tracking American location data without a warrant

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has an oversight body, and according to Motherboard, that oversight body has launched a formal investigation into the IRS’s use of location data without a warrant. The investigation was kicked off after Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren demanded that there be a formal investigation. The IRS revealed to Senator … Continue reading “IRS being investigated for tracking American location data without a warrant”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: July 10, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of July 10th, 2020 HongKongers prepare for China and new national security law by scrubbing digital footprint China has officially passed a new national security law for Hong Kong that has caused a massive chilling effect. As a response, many Hong Kong citizens are deleting social media posts or … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: July 10, 2020”

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