First End-to-End Test of Data Rights Protocol v0.8 Completed Successfully
On June 22, Transcend and Consumer Reports’ Innovation Lab successfully conducted the first live end-to-end test of Data Rights Protocol v0.8. This...
Blog Posts
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Which Companies Are Selling Or Sharing Our Personal Information? Let’s Find Out Together
Problem It has been more than three years since the California Consumer Privacy Act came into effect. The CCPA protects our rights to stop companies...
Behind the Scenes: Measuring E-commerce Impacts in a Brooklyn Neighborhood
CR worked with neighbors in Red Hook to gather data about truck traffic, air pollution and noise as warehouses proliferate in the area A...
Consumer Reports Announces 2023 Fellow Cohort
We’re pleased to announce six public interest technology Fellows working with CR this summer. Three fellows are being onboarded as part of our IoT...
BAD INPUT: CR Film Series on Biased Algorithms and Data
Earlier this month, we released BAD INPUT, a three-part series of short films from CR exploring how bias in technology and data can result in...
New Site: Innovation at CR
A destination for technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs and others who want to build a better marketplace with CR. Welcome to...
Behind the Scenes: Understanding Dark Patterns in Smart Devices
CR research collaborators share how we study safety, privacy, and consumer protections in IoT devices Investigation The sky’s the limit for the...
Recommendations to Companies for their Authorized Agent Forms
Permission Slip submits thousands of requests to companies as an authorized agent every week. For many of these requests, we leverage company...
CR IoT Design Fellowship: Application Extended through April 24!
The Problem At the grocery store, we can read and compare nutritional information, thanks to the standardized Nutrition Facts label. At big box...
Is the Data Rights Protocol Right for My Business?
Since we started our work on the Data Rights Protocol (DRP), companies that need to comply with privacy laws have regularly reached out asking what...
Research
2024
Data Defense, Evaluating People-Search Site Removal Services
CR Vulnerability Disclosures, Video Doorbells
2023
Who Shares Your Information with Facebook? Sampling the Surveillance Economy in 2023
P2P Payment Apps: A Case Study for a Digital Finance Standard
2022
Broadband Pricing: What Consumer Reports Learned From 22,000 Internet Bills
2021
Credit Not Due: The Limitations of Popular Credit Score Apps
The State of Authorized Agent Opt-Outs Under the California Consumer Privacy Act
Effects of Varying Education Level and Job Status on Online Auto Insurance Price Quotes
Evaluating the Privacy Practices of Mental Health Apps
2000
California Consumer Privacy Act: Are Consumers' Digital Rights Protected?
Collecting #Receipts: Food Delivery Apps & Fee Transparency
White Papers
2024
2024 Consumer Cyber Readiness
2023
2023 Consumer Cyber Readiness
A Raw Deal for US Consumers: Online platforms will make changes to better serve European Consumers but not US Consumers
Future of Memory Safety: Challenges and Recommendations
2022
Consumer Cyber Readiness
Opening Black Boxes: Addressing Legal Barriers to Public Interest Algorithmic Auditing
2021
The Case for Fair Market Rules for the Largest Online Platforms
2020
Platform Perceptions: Consumer Attitudes on Competition and Fairness in Online Platforms
Privacy Front and Center
2000
Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: The Law Must Protect Consumers’ Genetic Privacy
Understanding the Scope of Data Collection by Major Technology Platforms
The Evolution of Consumer Attitudes Toward Online Tracking, 1995-2019
Survey Data
2019
Privacy Risk Benefit Survey
Data Privacy Habits Survey
Social Media Survey
2018
Privacy Control vs. Ownership Survey
Social Media Survey
Medical Privacy Survey
Social Media and Privacy Survey
2017
Net Neutrality Survey
Privacy and Net Neutrality Survey
Government and Consumer Issues Survey
2015
