privacy
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2020
Google faces privacy probe in EU over location tracking
The investigation will look into its processing of data and the transparency surrounding it.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2020
Britain takes big steps to protect kids’ privacy, but the U.S. is lagging
New standards would require companies ranging from social networks to gaming apps to provide children a "built-in baseline of data protection."
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2020
Portland schools, city continue work on body camera negotiations
The police chief stressed a desire to start using the cameras right away at a board meeting in November, but school officials say there is no firm timeline for working out an agreement governing the rules for their use.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2019
Maine Voices: Portland should ban face-scanning software – now
This technology exists not to protect us but to track us, making it incompatible with our nation's ideas about freedom and liberty.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2019
Maine Voices: Internet privacy law is a good first step, but much more needs to be done
Protecting Mainers online calls for regulating websites, social media platforms and data brokers, not just internet service providers.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2019
Jim Fossel: Portland right to put the brakes on surveillance tech
Police cameras in the schools and use of facial recognition software represent erosions of privacy that should not be taken lightly.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2019
Our View: Maine, federal lawmakers should rein in facial surveillance
We need strong policies to keep the powerful technology from being misused.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2019
ACLU sues FBI, DOJ over facial-recognition tech, criticizing surveillance and secrecy
ACLU attorneys asked a federal court to order the agencies to release documents about how the government uses and audits the software.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2019
Your smartphone selfies could tell stalkers where you live
In a recent incident, a man stalking a Japanese pop star found out where she lives using her social media photos and Google Street View.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2019
Insight: Dictators and the internet: A love story
Instead of making censorship obsolete, the internet has given authoritarian regimes a powerful tool to crush dissent.
