PRG News Roundup: October 26th
By Alexia Ramirez AARP has filed a lawsuit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in response to the growing number of employers who financially incentivize their workers to sign up…
Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
By Alexia Ramirez AARP has filed a lawsuit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in response to the growing number of employers who financially incentivize their workers to sign up…
By Sofia Grafanaki Facebook rolled out a new feature last week, allowing users to officially endorse a presidential candidate. It is very simple to use - all a user needs…
By: Yan Shvartzshnaider There is no such thing as a “bullet-proof” system. A system’s security is in a constant state of becoming. Breaking into any system used to require resources…
By Sofia Grafanaki A new and promising approach seeks to disrupt ISIS online recruiting efforts through targeted advertising, as presented at a recent event at the Brookings Institution. Google’s tech…
By Eli Siems Researchers from the Center for Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law released a major study on the police use of facial recognition software. The report, The Perpetual…
By Nate Tisa The ACLU of Northern California has revealed U.S. firm Geofeedia used social media metadata access to deliver location and monitoring information to law enforcement agencies engaged in…
By Taylor Black On Tuesday, Reuters reported that Yahoo secretly installed a program in all user email accounts to search incoming emails for specific information. Since that report, journalists have…
By Eliana Pfeffer Yahoo has experienced a number embarrassing security failures over the last four years. Last week, the company disclosed that hackers backed by what it believed was an…