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MediaPost Communications
March 31, 2018
The influential group Electronic Privacy Information Center is backing that request. Facebook counters in its new papers that the deal was reasonable because the consumers' claims were "weak." "Courts routinely approve as fair and reasonable settlements that offer even minimal benefits in exchange forÃâà...
MediaPost Communications
March 31, 2018
The influential group Electronic Privacy Information Center is backing that request. Facebook counters in its new papers that the deal was reasonable because the consumers' claims were "weak." "Courts routinely approve as fair and reasonable settlements that offer even minimal benefits in exchange forÃâà...
InfoQ.com
March 31, 2018
"The Cloud Act is a disappointing outcome after so many human-rights groups weighed in on the Microsoft case at the U.S. Supreme Court," said Marc Rotenberg, president of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. Greg Nojeim of the Center for Democracy and Technology said the "DOJ could use thisÃâà...
CleanTechnica
March 30, 2018
In a video conference speech to the Electronic Privacy Information Center, he said, “I'm speaking to you from Silicon Valley, where some of the most prominent and successful companies have built their businesses by lulling their customers into complacency about their personal information. They'reÃâà...
Christian Science Monitor
March 29, 2018
“There's a lack of control of your personal data,” says Jeramie Scott, a surveillance expert at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a privacy advocacy group in Washington. “There's a lack of understanding of how that info is used…. There needs to be some rules and protections in place that allow theÃâà...
The Hill
March 29, 2018
The letter was signed by groups including Consumer Watchdog, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Center for Digital Democracy. They expressed concerns about reports that the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, which had been contracted by President Trump Ãâ÷ Donald JohnÃâà...
WIRED
March 19, 2018
“Facebook continually pushes the envelope with regards to user privacy,” says Sam Lester, consumer privacy fellow at the Electronic Privacy Information Center. “They have data on almost every American, and they try to extract maximum value out of that data.” Supporting evidence isn't hard to come by;Ãâà...
Yale School of Management
March 14, 2018
... Ralph Reed, founder of the Christian Coalition; and Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. Conference partners include Edelman, EY, Korn Ferry, PepsiCo, UPS, Central Asset Investments, and CNBC. The Chief Executive Leadership Institute was founded in 1989 to provide originalÃâà...
TPM
March 14, 2018
The chair of the Republican Party in Chicago last year passed on allegations of voter fraud to a member of President Trump's now-defunct voter fraud commission, using a top Justice Department official as intermediary, newly released emails reveal. The emails, which were obtained by the ElectronicÃâà...
E-Commerce Times
March 14, 2018
Microsoft and advocacy groups such as the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) have characterized the case as major privacy showdown. However, the actual legal arguments before the Supreme Court deal less with privacy issues than with the enforceability of the SCA. "The case is simply notÃâà...
Mail Tribune
March 14, 2018
She ran an open government program at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, which was instrumental in revealing the intrusiveness of the first body scanners developed for airport security. Her work was instrumental in changing those machines to be less invasive of personal privacy. McCall alsoÃâà...
Albany Democrat Herald
March 12, 2018
One reason McCall appears to be an excellent choice for the position is that her resume includes stints on both sides of the public records divide: She has worked for organizations, such as the Electronic Privacy Information Center, that have made hay with timely and smart records requests. But her currentÃâà...
WRCB-TV
February 27, 2018
If the Supreme Court rules for the government, "any country could seek data stored anywhere in the world, including the United States, based only on that nation's own judicial authority," said Marc Rotenberg, president and chief executive of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a public interestÃâà...
E-Commerce Times
February 27, 2018
"The Electronic Privacy Information Act was never intended to provide a basis for law enforcement agencies in the United States to seize personal data in a foreign jurisdiction," said Marc Rotenberg, president of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. "The Supreme Court should follow the presumptionÃâà...
Business Insurance
February 14, 2018
... but failing to fix it for four months, said Marc Rotenberg, president of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and adjunct professor with the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington. The company also waited six weeks after it found out about the breach before notifying the public of the breach.
The News Tribune
December 31, 1999
U.S. regulators and state attorneys general are increasing pressure on Facebook as they probe whether the company's data-collection practices have hurt the people who use its services. Facebook's stock, which already took a big hit last week, plunged further Monday after the Federal Trade CommissionÃâà...
Herald & Review
December 31, 1999
Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, believes Facebook was in violation of the 2011 settlement in letting Cambridge Analytica harvest data on friends of Facebook users. "This is what Facebook was doing 10 years ago that people objected to, what the FTC shouldÃâà...
KPBS
December 31, 1999
Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, believes Facebook was in violation of the 2011 settlement in letting Cambridge Analytica harvest data on friends of Facebook users. "This is what Facebook was doing 10 years ago that people objected to, what the FTC shouldÃâà...
The Intercept
December 31, 1999
We don't really know who has access to our communications with Alexa or a similar service, explained Sam Lester, an expert on consumer rights with the Electronic Privacy Information Center or EPIC, but we know that authorities have long sought evidence from our mobile phones, laptops, social media,Ãâà...
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