PRG News Roundup-April 29, 2020
PRG 4/29 News Notes The Israeli High Court of Justice issued a ruling that the internal service’s contact tracing must be done through means set in law by the legislature.…
PRG News Roundup 4.22.20
France urged Google and Apple to ease their privacy protections because the current protocols wouldn’t permit the French contact tracing plan. (The Guardian)ILI Fellow Salome Viljoen wrote an op-ed with…
Privacy and COVID-19
On April 15, 2020, the PRG student fellows led a discussion about privacy and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Please see the slides here.
PRG News Roundup April 10, 2020
Zoom continues to face backlash over its privacy and security practices. In particular, concerns have been raised regarding the lack of end-to-end encryption, the prevalence of "zoombombing" (when uninvited participants join…
PRG News Roundup 4/1/2020
The CDC is collecting data on citizens' locations and movements from cell phones, social media, and airline passenger manifests -- and doing so without judicial oversight. (Daily Beast; Surveillance Technology…