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Another California Data Privacy Law

Schneier on Security

Advocacy group Californians for Consumer Privacy, which started the push for a state-wide data privacy law, announced this week that it has the signatures it needs to get version 2.0 of its privacy rules on the US state's ballot in November, and submitted its proposal to Sacramento.

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The Internet Enabled Mass Surveillance. AI Will Enable Mass Spying.

Schneier on Security

Before the internet, putting someone under surveillance was expensive and time-consuming. Computers collect data about what we’re doing on them, and as both storage and processing have become cheaper, that data is increasingly saved and used. We could pass strong data-privacy rules. Spying is another matter.

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New Data Privacy Regulations

Schneier on Security

When Marc Zuckerberg testified before both the House and the Senate last month, it became immediately obvious that few US lawmakers had any appetite to regulate the pervasive surveillance taking place on the internet. Right now, the only way we can force these companies to take our privacy more seriously is through the market.

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Windscribe Acquitted on Charges of Not Collecting Users’ Data

Schneier on Security

The case centred around a Windscribe-owned server in Finland that was allegedly used to breach a system in Greece.

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Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Schneier on Security

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking (via Internet) at SHIFT Business Festival in Finland, August 25-26, 2021. I’m speaking at the Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Law Conference in Plano, Texas, USA, September 22-23, 2021. Details to come.

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Data Privacy Day: Know your rights, and the right tools to stay private

Malwarebytes

Not all data privacy rights are the same. There’s the flimsy, the firm, the enforceable, and the antiquated, and, unfortunately, much of what determines the quality of your own data privacy rights is little more than your home address. Those west of the river, however, have no such protection. Just user choice.

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ROUNDTABLE: Huge Capital One breach shows too little is being done to preserve data privacy

The Last Watchdog

The Capital One breach, it seems to me, vividly highlights the depth and breadth of the Internet underground. It could be FTC first, then European GDPR and Canadian PIPEDA, then upcoming California Consumer Privacy Act, and many other privacy regulations worldwide. Acohido Pulitzer Prize-winning business journalist Byron V.