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'A Damning Indictment': Global Poll Shows 71% Support Regulation of Tech Giants to Protect Data Privacy
In a new poll released by Amnesty International, 71% of respondents expressed fear over how Big Tech is taking and using their personal data.
Expert Says Senate Democrats' Sweeping Online Privacy Bill Answers Public Demand for 'Transformative Shift'
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
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"The Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act gives consumers meaningful rights, holds companies accountable, and protects stronger state safeguards."
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New Campaign Demands Congress Probe the 'Ever-Expanding Surveillance Empire' of Amazon
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
An Amazon Ring camera is pictured at Amazon headquarters on September 20, 2018 in Seattle.
Over a dozen groups call for a full congressional investigation in the online...
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How Does Amazon Ring Protect User Privacy? "Basically, They Don't"
Julia Conley, staff writer
Sen. Ed Markey found Amazon's lack of civil rights protections "nothing short...
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Handing Trump 'Terrifying Authoritarian Surveillance Powers,' House Democrats Include Patriot Act Reauthorization in Funding Bill
Activists with Fight for the Future took to Capitol Hill in the U.S. on Thursday to demonstrate to lawmakers, lobbyists, and journalists exactly why stronger restrictions are needed on facial recognition software. (Photo: Fight for the Future)
'This Should Probably Be Illegal': Rights Advocates Target Lawmakers and Lobbyists With Facial Recognition Technology in US Capitol
Privacy Rights Group Demands Answers From Trump Administration on 'Coercive' DNA Testing at Border Crossings
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'Enormous Victory': US Judge Rules Suspicionless Searches of Travelers' Electronic Devices Unconstitutional
Google obtained the health data of millions of Americans, a new report claims.
'When Will Someone Go to Jail?': New Report Shows Google Secretly Storing Health Data of Millions of Americans
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Democrats' New Online Privacy Bill Heralded as Chance to Build 'Alternative Road to a Digital Future'
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US Agencies Sued Over Secretive Use of Facial Recognition and Other 'Dystopian Surveillance Technology'
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'Without Encryption, We Will Lose All Privacy': Snowden Condemns US, UK, and Australian Push for 'Backdoor' Into Facebook Messaging Apps
Just as Digital Privacy Advocates Warned, Bezos Admits Amazon Writing Its Own Laws on Facial Recognition
Snowden Responds After DOJ Sues Whistleblower Over Memoir US Government 'Does Not Want You to Read'
Targeting PATRIOT Act Provision, Rights Groups Urge House Dems to Block NSA From Collecting Americans' Phone Records
30+ Rights Groups Launch Campaign Demanding Law Enforcement Ban on 'Authoritarian and Invasive' Facial Recognition Technology

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