Should Big Tech Own Our Personal Data?

ronjor · Mar 18, 2019

Security fatigue leads many to distrust personal data protection, can you blame them?

Help Net Security March 18, 2019
Findings from the nCipher Security survey of more than 1,000 American adults reveal many people want more control over their personal data privacy. Most want tighter controls of how others handle and safeguard their personal data.
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ronjor · Mar 20, 2019

Are you getting a fair trade for your data? Demystifying online privacy with Marketplace Tech’s Molly Wood

by Todd Bishop on March 19, 2019
After a year of privacy scandals, consumers are beginning to realize that the volume of data tech companies collect on them exceeds what they could have imagined. What’s more, their info is sometimes used to achieve surprisingly sophisticated outcomes, like campaigns pushing political objectives and advertisers engaging in digital redlining.
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ronjor · Mar 23, 2019

D.C. Attorney General Introduces New Data Security Bill

By Eduard Kovacs on March 22, 2019
Karl A. Racine, the attorney general for the District of Columbia, on Thursday announced the introduction of a new bill that aims to expand data breach notification requirements and improve the way personal information is protected by organizations.
The Security Breach Protection Amendment Act of 2019 expands the types of information companies are held accountable for. Current legislation covers social security numbers, payment cards, and driver’s license numbers, and the new bill would also add passport numbers, military IDs, biometric data, health information, taxpayer identification numbers, health insurance info, and genetic information and DNA profiles to that list.
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ronjor · Mar 27, 2019

American Consumers Distrust Social Media Privacy Capabilities

By: Sean Michael Kerner | March 27, 2019
The Norton LifeLock Cyber Safety Insights Report, was released on March 26, providing insight into consumer attitudes about the current state of cyber-security. Among the high level findings in the report is that 62 percent of Americans believe that experiencing cyber-crime is equally or more likely, than getting the flu. The study however also found that American want to be secure, however they are also willing in some circumstances to trade security for convenience.
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ronjor · Apr 9, 2019

Proposed bill would forbid big tech platforms from using dark pattern design

Taylor Hatmaker@tayhatmaker 09 Apr 2019
A new piece of bipartisan legislation aims to protect people from one of the sketchiest practices that tech companies employ to subtly influence user behavior. Known as “dark patterns,” this dodgy design strategy often pushes users toward giving up their privacy unwittingly and allowing a company deeper access to their personal data.
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https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/01/wtf-is-dark-pattern-design/

deBoetie · Apr 11, 2019

Translation: sketchy == scummy. The Web2 paradigm.

ronjor · Apr 22, 2019

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Proposed bill would forbid big tech platforms from using dark pattern design

https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/01/wtf-is-dark-pattern-design/
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Here’s How TurboTax Just Tricked You Into Paying to File Your Taxes

by Justin Elliott and Lucas Waldron April 22 2019
There’s a name for internet design tactics that get users to pay for products they don’t necessarily want: dark patterns.
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guest · Apr 29, 2019

Trust in Tech Giants is Broken
April 24, 2019
https://tresorit.com/blog/trust-in-tech-giants-is-broken/

Tech giants have an uphill battle ahead of them as results from a YouGov survey* commissioned by Tresorit show the current status of consumer trust in online services in the US and in the UK.
Interestingly, over 40% of those surveyed do not have faith in companies like Amazon, Google, Facebook, Instagram and Apple to lawfully manage their data while a whopping two thirds feel their personal data held by online services and social media platforms is at risk from hackers.

End-to-end encryption definitely has the potential to significantly address user concerns – but will it be enough to redeem Facebook in the eyes of the public?
In light of the most recent scandal about millions of Instagram passwords being stored in plain text, maybe not; over two thirds said they don’t believe Facebook will actually take necessary security measures to improve the safety of their data. In other words, the public doesn’t have much faith that Mark Zuckerberg will follow through on his promises.

Instead of waiting for tech giants to change their business model from exploiting user data to protecting it, consumers may find that trying already existing privacy-friendly alternatives is a better option.
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ronjor · Apr 29, 2019

Most Americans Favor Data Privacy over Road Security

April 29, 2019
An overwhelming majority — 80 percent — of Americans surveyed say they do not trust how automakers handle their personal data, according to a recent survey by The Zebra.
In older vehicles, data collection is conducted via smartphone, which can monitor your location and other activities. Newer cars record information, including the weight of the people in the front seats, whether the driver’s hands are on the wheel and even the driver’s eye movements, which could help improve the safety of future cars.
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ronjor · May 14, 2019

California is bringing law and order to big data. It could change the internet in the U.S.

By Cyrus Farivar and David Ingram May 13, 2019
The tension around California’s law, which passed in June 2018, comes amid growing public and political agreement that the big consumer tech companies, now global powers with valuable data on billions of users, require more oversight. But how to regulate and who should enforce new rules remain open questions. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, which took effect last year and was seen as a landmark for privacy protection, has so far resulted in few tangible gains for consumers.
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ronjor · May 20, 2019

Microsoft wants a US privacy law that puts the burden on tech companies

By Alfred Ng May 20, 2019
Europe's privacy law went into effect nearly a year ago. It’s time for the US to catch up, the tech giant says.
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ronjor · May 22, 2019

Privacy issues roll on because tech giants have no competition, experts tell Congress

By Alfred Ng May 22, 2019
If you were fed up with how Facebook and Google handled your data, where would you go?
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reasonablePrivacy · May 22, 2019

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Privacy issues roll on because tech giants have no competition, experts tell Congress
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There is plenty of instant messaging programs... I know that Facebook is more than just IM, but for many people main feature of Facebook is staying in touch with friends, family. People are just lazy and don't respect their own privacy.

ronjor · Jun 12, 2019

We Read 150 Privacy Policies. They Were an Incomprehensible Disaster.

By Kevin Litman-Navarro
In the background here are several privacy policies from major tech and media platforms. Like most privacy policies, they’re verbose and full of legal jargon — and opaquely establish companies’ justifications for collecting and selling your data. The data market has become the engine of the internet, and these privacy policies we agree to but don't fully understand help fuel it.
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ronjor · Jun 16, 2019

Apple CEO Tim Cook: Technology companies need to take responsibility for chaos they create

Kif Leswing @kifleswing 16 June 2019
In January, Cook called for a Federal Trade Commission “clearinghouse” that would enable people to track and delete the personal data held by companies.
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ronjor · Jun 23, 2019

Kim Hart 23 June 2019
Scoop: Bipartisan senators want Big Tech to put a price on your data

Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) will introduce legislation on Monday to require Facebook, Google, Amazon and other major platforms to disclose the value of their users' data, as first reported Sunday evening on "Axios on HBO."
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ronjor · Jun 25, 2019

The cost of an ad-free internet: $35 more per month

By Rani Molla@ranimolla Jun 24, 2019
A new bill would tell you how much the ad-targeting data you give to companies like Google and Facebook is worth.
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guest · Jun 26, 2019

Long read
These are the deceptive design tricks and dark patterns that steer your clicks each day
June 25, 2019
https://www.fastcompany.com/9036918...icks-and-dark-patterns-that-steer-your-clicks

Dark patterns used to obtain consent to collect users’ personal data often combine unwelcome interruption with a built in escape route — offering an easy way to get rid of the dull looking menu getting in the way of what you’re actually trying to do.
Dark pattern design can also cost you money directly. For example if you get tricked into signing up for or continuing a subscription you didn’t really want.

That said, it takes longer for people to realize their privacy is being sold down the river. If they even realize at all. Which is why dark pattern design has become such a core enabling tool for the vast, non-consumer facing ad tech and data brokering industry that’s grown fat by quietly sucking on people’s data — thanks to the enabling grease of dark pattern design.

The deceitful obfuscation of commercial intention certainly runs all the way through the data brokering and ad tech industries that sit behind much of the ‘free’ consumer Internet.
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ronjor · Jun 26, 2019

Virginia Sen. Warner: Consumers have a right to know what their data is worth

Tyler Clifford@_TylerTheTyler_ 26 June 2019
“I think individuals need to know what data is being collected about us ... [and] what that data value is,” Virginia Sen. Mark Warner tells CNBC.
The United States needs to do more to address user privacy and monetization of the data that social media companies collect, he says on “Closing Bell.”
“I think the data evaluation bill is necessary but not sufficient,” he says.
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guest · Jul 8, 2019

How much is your data worth?
July 8, 2019
https://qz.com/1655610/how-can-you-measure-the-worth-of-your-data/

Today’s wealth lies in data. It’s how relatively young companies like Facebook or Google have grown to be among the biggest and most profitable in the world. It’s the fuel that drives business in countless industries that allows them to make informed business decisions.

Mark Warner, a senator from Virginia, and Josh Hawley, a senator from Missouri, introduced a bill on June 24 that would force social media companies to disclose what data they collect from consumers and how they benefit from it, something they’ve historically been reluctant to do.
How do you calculate the value of user data?
The US Senate bill also doesn’t suggest a method of calculating the value of data, instead leaving that to the SEC to figure out. Cohen told Quartz that multiple calculations will probably have to be developed, considering companies in different sectors harvest different kinds of data. However, a number of solutions to establishing that value and redistributing it have been raised in the last few years.
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How companies would actually pay their users
“It is not a good deal for consumers to get a handful of dollars from companies in exchange for surveillance capitalism remaining unchecked,” the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital advocacy group, wrote in February, arguing that privacy protections should be lawmakers’ first priority.
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Circuit · Jul 8, 2019

Who is asking?

ronjor · Aug 14, 2019

60 percent of UK consumers not happy with their data being used for analytics

By Ian Barker
Customers are more worried than ever about the way their data is used and shared by companies, particularly for analytics, according to a new report.
The Customer State of Mind survey from data protection specialist Trūata shows 60 percent of UK customers are uneasy with companies using their personal data for analytics. Recent high-profile data leaks have also added to this negative perception of the way personal data is managed by brands.
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ronjor · Aug 19, 2019

State attorneys general will reportedly kick off antitrust investigation into tech giants

By Corinne Reichert August 19, 2019
A group of states will add its voices to the DOJ and FTC reviews into big tech companies, a report says.
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mirimir · Aug 20, 2019

Well, the smartphone market is basically a duopoly. So Android and iOS ought to be regulated as utilities.

ronjor · Sep 3, 2019

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State attorneys general will reportedly kick off antitrust investigation into tech giants
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More than 30 states are looking at a Google antitrust probe

Lauren Feiner@lauren_feiner 03 Sep 2019
Key Points
State attorneys general are setting their sights on Google for an antitrust probe, The Washington Post first reported Tuesday.
More than half of the state attorneys general in the U.S. are involved in the effort, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to CNBC.
The investigation is set to be announced September 9, the person said.
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