Yesterday, we covered the Open App Markets Act — a bill in Congress that targets the anticompetitive practices in app stores. Today, we’ll cover its companion bill, […]
Tag: privacy
Google should delete abortion search queries
by Parmy Olson For days after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, big tech companies remained silent on what they would do with their […]
Online privacy becomes critical if Roe is overturned
by Parmy Olson About 10 years ago, a story about Target Corp.’s uncanny ability to detect a customer’s pregnancy made waves. An angry man had gone into […]
City sued for releasing victim’s name in unredacted sexual harassment report
In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the City of Morgantown released a sexual harassment incident report without redacting the victim’s name, which was then […]
Google renounces web tracking, but protecting privacy takes much more
The commercial internet developed with so little regard for privacy, tech companies have been able to turn personal data into hefty profits, raising billions of dollars off […]
Tech must choose sides in Apple-FB fight over privacy
The lines have been drawn. Tech leaders no longer can sit on the sidelines, pretending they have no leadership role to play on the tech issue of […]
