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April 13, 2021 | 3:00 PM

Smart Talk: Vaccine passports raise privacy concerns

By Merideth Bucher

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.

By Marc Levy/The Associated Press

Wilfredo Lee

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

By Acacia Squires/NPR

Jenny Kane

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.

By Anick Jesdanun/The Associated Press

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Updated: September 28, 2019 | 12:26 pm

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.

By Jennifer McDermott and Mike Scheider/The Associated Press

Delphine Lee

September 12, 2019 | 9:20 AM

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Smart Talk: Vaccine passports raise privacy concerns

Complaints about privacy follow switch to paper ballots

New laws in six states you should know about in 2020

For banks, data on your spending habits could be a gold mine

Researchers question Census Bureau’s new approach to privacy

When school safety becomes school surveillance

State AGs demand details on Facebook’s privacy safeguards

Smart Talk: Who is responsible for customer privacy?; Know Nothing Party

Eye on the inside: Do cameras in nursing homes protect or intrude?

Doctors consider when Googling a patient is okay