April 23, 2025 | 5:52 PM
tag | privacy
March 19, 2025 | 3:52 PM
Pa. House advances online data privacy, cryptocurrency bills
Both bills will likely face amendments on the House floor.
February 18, 2025 | 4:53 PM
Better than nothing? Pa. considers data privacy bill friendly to companies, called weak by consumer advocates
The bill is modeled on legislation supported by Amazon and Microsoft and is the dominant data privacy model in the country.
July 11, 2022 | 10:56 AM
Privacy advocates fear Google will be used to prosecute abortion seekers
Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, privacy advocates fear Google will provide users’ data to authorities who may try to target people seeking abortions.
August 1, 2021 | 8:10 PM
Zoom agrees to settle a privacy lawsuit for $85 million
The class action suit by several Zoom users alleges the company shared personal data and allowed hackers to disrupt meetings.
April 13, 2021 | 3:00 PM
Smart Talk: Vaccine passports raise privacy concerns
By Merideth Bucher/WITF February 19, 2020 | 6:32 PM
Complaints about privacy follow switch to paper ballots
State lawmakers raised those complaints Wednesday with Gov. Tom Wolf’s top elections officials during an Appropriations Committee hearing.
January 2, 2020 | 4:42 AM
New laws in six states you should know about in 2020
There are some new frontiers like groundbreaking laws concerning Internet user privacy and the classification of contract workers in California
December 2, 2019 | 1:56 PM
For banks, data on your spending habits could be a gold mine
Banks want to join the likes of Google and Facebook by turning data they already have on your spending habits into extra revenue by identifying likely customers for retailers.
Updated: 2019-09-28 12:26:06
Researchers question Census Bureau’s new approach to privacy
The U.S. Census Bureau is creating tighter privacy controls in response to new fears that census answers could reveal the identities of people who fill out the questionnaires.
