Consumer Alert: National Data Breach
Data Brokers Collect Your Location, Share It With Companies and Law Enforcement. Opting Out Isn't Easy But Here's How That's Changing
Sep 12, 2024Justin Kloczko follows tech and privacy for Consumer Watchdog. He’s a recovering daily newspaper reporter whose work has also appeared in Vice, Daily Beast and KCRW.
Data Brokers Collect Your Location, Share It With Companies and Law Enforcement. Opting Out Isn't Easy But Here's How That's Changing
Sep 12, 2024Despite amendments that were lobbied by tech companies such as Anthropic, it didn’t seem to convert the bill’s naysayers.
Sep 3, 2024How to Opt Out from the Biggest Data Brokers One of the largest data brokers recently experienced a theft that revealed the…
Sep 1, 2024Senate Bill 1047, the high-profile bill aimed at regulating future AI systems, was amended following suggestions from the AI company Anthropic. Another bill concerning…
Aug 16, 2024Calm is a popular guided meditation app that seeks to help you "stress less," "sleep more," and "live mindfully." It also tells…
Aug 15, 2024With thousands of companies selling your data, there is no easy way to exercise privacy right. But help is on the way.…
Aug 1, 2024Did you know Facebook tracks what you do even when you’ve deactivated your account, or even if you don’t have an account?…
Jul 31, 2024Facebook alone gets data from thousands of companies, and opting out is annoying.
Jul 31, 2024The agency has some edits.
Jul 18, 2024California Bills regulating major AI systems of tomorrow, the data of minors, algorithms, and web browsers made key advancements in the legislature Tuesday.…
Jul 3, 202436 hours before advancing out of subcommittee to the full Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday, lawmakers released a revised version of the American…
May 28, 2024Los Angeles, CA — Ahead of the bill’s markup Thursday, Consumer Watchdog sent a letter to the Chairs of the House Energy…
May 22, 2024The American Privacy Rights Act Would Virtually Defang the California Privacy Protection Agency.
May 13, 2024The top campaign contributor to APRA's author, Sen. Maria Cantwell, is Microsoft, who is endorsing the bill.
May 8, 2024With Congress at an all-time low in terms of the amount of legislation it has passed, the public is turning to the state level…
Apr 26, 2024By Justin Kloczko, CAL MATTERS Artificial intelligence may soon replace financial advisors, and that’s just the start. While one algorithm predicts stock…
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