There’s a national reckoning in the US on data brokers and digital rights
During a solemn Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law hearing Wednesday, lawmakers heard testimony about how Americans…
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FTC cracks down on two data brokers for sale of sensitive location data
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Tuesday filed a complaint and proposed Decision and Order against two Virginia-based data brokers…
ICE withdraws $125M sole-source Thomson Reuters surveillance data deal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has withdrawn plans to award Thomson Reuters Special Services (TRSS) a five-year, $125 million…
ICE seeks expanded LexisNexis investigative data access with Palantir integration
ICE intends to award LexisNexis Risk Solutions a sole-source contract worth an estimated $6.7 million to continue supplying investigative data…
ATF drops AdTech surveillance tool as ICE eyes commercial location data
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) canceled a contract for commercial cellphone location surveillance software after a…
Social engineering attacks are rising as employee data becomes easier to exploit
A new enterprise cybersecurity survey from Optery argues that targeted social engineering has become a high-pressure, multi-channel threat for large…
FTC settlement targets sale of mobile location data linked to sensitive sites
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has moved to prohibit Sandpoint, Idaho-based data broker Kochava and its subsidiary, Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based…
US lawmakers push national data privacy rules amid state preemption concerns
House Republicans this week introduced a pair of sweeping data privacy bills designed to create parallel national frameworks for the…
FBI, DIA pressed on purchases of Americans’ phone location data
A long-running fight over the government’s purchase of Americans’ phone location data resurfaced Wednesday at the Senate Select Committee on…
DHS quietly built pathway to track Americans through advertising data economy
For years, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) quietly experimented with turning the digital advertising ecosystem into a surveillance tool….
