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  • Inside the Industry That Unmasks People at Scale [vice.com]
    "Anyone who has a phone and has installed an app that has ads, currently is at risk of being de-anonymized via unscrupulous companies." Joseph Cox digs into an industry dedicated entirely to connecting unique ID's with real people's identities.
  • Protect Student Privacy: Ban Eproctoring [baneproctoring.com]
    Calling all students and parents: let's end invasive e-proctoring today! "This experimental tech can grant access to all corners of students’ computers, gather biometric data, and use false science to decide if students are cheating."
  • New York City's New Biometrics Privacy Law Takes Effect [techcrunch.com]
    NYC resident or visitor? A new biometric privacy law is in effect, requiring businesses that collect biometric info, e.g., facial recognition and fingerprints, to clearly alert customers at their doors, explaining how their data will be collected.
  • Colorado Governor Signs the Colorado Privacy Act Into Law [healthitsecurity.com]
    This month Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act into law, making Colorado the 3rd US state with a general consumer privacy law. Track privacy legislation updates across the US here.
  • How Flextime — in Its Many Forms — Can Help With Your Retention Efforts [linkedin.com]
    Not only is our globally-distributed team fully remote, but we allow for what Laura Hilgers defines as "flextime", meaning team members have flexibility to set working hours. Intrigued? Check out our open roles.

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[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Jul 22, 2021

Thursday, July 22, 2021

Biden Signs Order to Crack Down on Big Tech, Boost Competition 'across the board' [cnbc.com] The only way Google and Facebook will stop using anti-competitive tactics to maintain their

[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Jul 15, 2021

Friday, July 16, 2021

After Repeatedly Promising Not To, Facebook Keeps Recommending Political Groups to Its Users [themarkup.org] Back in January we shared a story from The Markup about Facebook recommending political

[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Jul 8, 2021

Saturday, July 10, 2021

Dark Patterns That Mislead Consumers Are All Over the Internet [themarkup.org] Dark Patterns are unethical by design, aimed at tricking you into giving away your data, and ultimately stealing your

[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Jul 1, 2021

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Why You Shouldn't Use Google Maps on Your iPhone After Update [forbes.com] "All the data Google Maps says it may collect is linked back to your personal identity. This is how Google works.

[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Jun 24, 2021

Thursday, June 24, 2021

How to Make Your Offline Self Harder to Find Online [theverge.com] It's surprising how much your online and offline data are linked. Rob Pegoraro's steps to reduce that include: Check public

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