Tech Talk: Habeas Data and the Future of Work
CDT’s Tech Talk is a podcast where we dish on tech and Internet policy, while also explaining what these policies mean to our daily lives. In this episode,
Read MoreCDT’s Tech Talk is a podcast where we dish on tech and Internet policy, while also explaining what these policies mean to our daily lives. In this episode,
Read MoreYesterday the Eleventh Circuit vacated an FTC cease and desist order against LabMD for the medical testing firm’s security lapses. This decision accelerates the need for Congress to grant the FTC better rulemaking authority with respect to data security.
Read MoreIn March the State Department issued a notice proposing that all immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants be required to provide their social media identifiers “for identity resolution and vetting purposes.” CDT filed comments opposing this latest social media information request, and highlighted that it would chill free speech, fail to detect threats, and lead to unintentionally incomplete applications, adverse determinations, and problematic algorithmic screening.
Read MoreThe General Data Protection Regulation is here, and soon we will see if it ushers in a new era of individual empowerment or raises novel barriers to innovation in technology. But as the online population grows and ever more data is generated about our daily lives, there is still much work to be done on both sides of the Atlantic.
Read MoreCDT’s Tech Talk is a podcast where we dish on tech and Internet policy, while also explaining what these policies mean to our daily lives. In this episode, we look at the impact the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation will have on global privacy, and we hear from a historian about how the concept of privacy in the U.S. has evolved over time.
Read MoreMeaningful protections for individuals’ dignity and personal autonomy demand a broader understanding of privacy risk that considers user expectations and concerns. Privacy risks are not hypothetical, and over and over again, the emergence of these risks are the byproduct of companies discounting the expectations of users while seeing only benefits for themselves. European privacy law flips that script.
Read MoreFor now, ICE appears to be backing off of its pursuit of this technology and will instead hire analysts to expand vetting using “current technological capabilities” – but a lot of questions remain about ICE’s new “Visa Lifecycle Vetting” initiative.
Read MoreThis year RightsCon, the can’t-miss event for the digital rights community hosted by our friends at Access Now, is taking place in Toronto. CDT will have a large presence at the conference — here’s a look at all of the official events we’re a part of.
Read MoreAt this week’s Facebook Developer Conference, or F8, the social network company announced that it will begin introducing online dating features onto its platform. Its plans are especially intriguing because it effectively merges traditional dating with technology; Facebook can harness social signals used in offline dating – mutual friends, family connections, or school, work, and church networks – while also providing would-be daters the same frictionless experience and abundance of potential choices that characterize the online dating ecosystem. Facebook is promising more information in the months ahead, but incorporating a dating service directly into an existing social network platform raises some privacy and safety questions.
Read MoreAs cities get smarter, their appetite and access to information is also increasing. The rise of data-generating technologies has given government agencies unprecedented opportunities to harness useful, real-time information about citizens. But governments often lack dedicated expertise and resources to collect, analyze, and ultimately turn such data into actionable information, and so have turned to private-sector companies and academic researchers to get at this information. As the maze of partnerships among public officials, private companies, academics, and independent researchers becomes more tangled, a clear path out of the status quo may be challenging. On-demand platforms, as they continue to disrupt local economies, continue to be a significant flashpoint.
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