A New Approach to Protecting Online Privacy
Though consumers have a fundamental right to privacy, there is no comprehensive federal privacy law granting consumers baseline privacy and security...
Category: Policy analysis
Blog Posts
CR’s Section 230 2020 Legislative Round-Up
Along with all else proffered by the year 2020, the year witnessed an unprecedented number of bills introduced in Congress that would alter or amend...
Big Tech’s thirst for data hurts vulnerable groups most affected by COVID
March may seem like a distant memory, but it was just a few months ago that the United States was first confronted with the realities of the global...
Consumer Reports Urges Californians to Vote Yes on Proposition 24
The landmark California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is the only US-based online privacy law that gives consumers the right to access, delete,...
Student Tracking and the College Board
A recent review of the College Board website shows how students using the site are tracked, and how details of student activity on the College Board...
CiscoPolicy Overview: Cisco Webex
Update, May 12, 2020. In response to this work, Cisco has made some improvements related to transparency. Read about the details. The Webex-specific...
Policy Overview: Microsoft Skype and Teams
This policy overview for Skype is part of a series looking at the privacy practices of commonly used videoconferencing services. While the focus of...
Policy Overview: Google Meet, Duo, and Hangouts
This privacy policy overview for Google Meet, Duo, and Hangouts is part of a series looking at the privacy practices of commonly used...
We read the privacy policies of Skype, Meet, and Webex: 10 ways videoconferencing systems can…
Update, May 12, 2020. In response to this work, Cisco has made some improvements related to transparency. Read about the details. End update. The...
Companies are not taking CCPA seriously—the attorney general needs to act
California consumers had a lot to celebrate on January 1 when the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the landmark online privacy law, finally...