Permission Slip’s Next Chapter with DeleteMe
When Consumer Reports launched Permission Slip in 2022, we were trying to solve a very specific problem: people had just been granted powerful new...
Category: Privacy
Blog Posts
You’re Not Just the Customer: You’re the Product, and Your Privacy Is the Price
Why You Should Care About Privacy & Security Let’s be honest. When you set up a new smart device, you probably tapped “agree” on...
California’s One-Stop-Data-Deletion-Shop is Live. What Consumers Need to Know
In 2024, major automakers, including Ford and GM, made national headlines when they were caught secretly sharing consumers’ “driving behavior...
CR Fellow: Designing Consent & Personalization in AI Systems
Personalized AI advisors and AI agents are rapidly becoming a reality for consumers. These AI systems have the potential to make the marketplace more...
California Business Groups (Still) Want It To Be Hard To Use Your Privacy Rights
Just about this time last year, we wrote about a landmark privacy bill in California and examined some of the specious arguments that the tech...
A Jury Verdict Against Meta & A Call to Delete Your Data with Flo
In a class action suit, Flo Health Inc. and several tech companies have been accused of collecting data on users’ menstrual health cycles and using...
An Uncertain Future for 23andMe – And Your DNA Data
23andMe is struggling, and its CEO Anne Wojcicki has muttered about taking the company private. 23andMe wields DNA data for more than 15 million...
New Report: 2024 Consumer Cyber Readiness
Today, Consumer Reports, Aspen Digital, and Global Cyber Alliance released the third annual Consumer Cyber Readiness report. The report highlights...
California Business Groups Want It To Be Hard To Use Your Privacy Rights
Last week marked the end of the hectic California legislative session, with hundreds of bills receiving decisive action in the legislature during a...
CR Named a 2024 Most Innovative Company by Fast Company
We’re delighted to share that CR was just named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024. CR was recognized in the Nonprofit...
