Folks who want to make data-driven decisions naturally want data to make those decisions. In many cases, however, the data needs to be anonymized so the original user can be in no way identified, Humu Chief Privacy Officer Lea Kissner writes. There is a major challenge in building a data-slicing ana...

The New York Times reports on a Princeton University study that explores the prevalent use of "dark patterns" to manipulate the decisions of online consumers. Researchers examined more than 10,000 sites and found that more than 1,200 used the patterns, including ThredUp’s fake notifications, among o...

In an op-ed for The Mercury News, Purism CEO Todd Weaver and Brave CEO Brendan Eich write about their organizations being part of a new generation of tech companies that "support strong privacy protections, not just token 'regulation' that doesn’t really protect consumers." The writers believe impro...

Over the last seven years, hackers have attacked at least 10 cell networks in what security researchers are calling “massive-scale” espionage, TechCrunch reports. Researchers at Boston-based Cybereason first discovered the attacks in 2018. The hackers have obtained vast amounts of call records on at...

The Future of Privacy Forum and the Israel Tech Policy Institute is launching the Privacy Tech Alliance in Tel Aviv June 25. The alliance will connect researchers and startups with partners and funders to bring promising technologies to market. Goals of the event include supporting collaboration amo...