privacy

Published
September 9, 2022

Our View: Maine’s landmark internet privacy law should set pace for other states

Maine took on powerful telecom companies and won, paving the way for privacy rights to spread across the country.
Published
July 20, 2022

Data privacy and abortion limits set to collide post-Roe

Privacy advocates sounded alarms that women should be vigilant in the types of data and content they share with fertility and health apps and through social media.
Published
June 24, 2022

After Roe ruling, Democrats seek probe of tech companies’ use of personal data

Privacy experts say the ruling could make women vulnerable because their personal data could be used to surveil pregnancies and be shared with police or sold to vigilantes.
Published
April 7, 2022

Maine Voices: Stop saying small-business owners oppose Maine biometric privacy bill

It’s in the interest of Big Tech to defeat L.D. 1945, which would create guardrails on how companies can use our personal identifiers – our fingerprints, faces and voices.
Published
February 5, 2022

Another View: Google shouldn’t know where you are if you don’t want it to

A lawsuit alleges the tech giant made it ’nearly impossible’ for users to avoid sharing their location data.
Published
December 20, 2020

The Maine Millennial: America’s moral values out of whack

Puritanical sexual attitudes should not outweigh a commitment to economic justice.
Published
December 17, 2020

Another View: Facebook might pose dangers, but it isn’t a monopoly

Reining in the social media behemoth is a matter for Congress, not antitrust enforcers.
Published
December 13, 2020

Our View: Facebook’s free service comes at a high cost

Antitrust lawsuits filed last week detail how the platform’s monopolistic power harms its users.
Published
August 9, 2020

Insight: Antitrust laws are no match for Big Tech

Century-old statutes can't cope with companies that maintain market dominance through harvesting data for free.
Published
August 7, 2020

Enforcement of Maine’s strict online privacy law begins without clear strategy

The state's attorney general said most internet service providers affirm they are complying, but a group of large providers is fighting the law in court.