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Apr 23 2024
News
At UW-Madison, autistic students navigate personal, classroom obstacles
Being surrounded by people in loud auditoriums makes attending lectures difficult for Amanda. Amanda, a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison whom The Daily Cardinal is identifying by a pseudonym due to privacy concerns, is sensitive to noise and touch, making lectures and exams difficult. “Going to large lectures or having exams in large lecture halls is a nightmare for me,” Amanda
Daily CardinalMar 29 2023
News
Iowa's New Privacy Law Praised By Business Group
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a privacy bill Tuesday that empowers consumers to wield some control over their data but, unlike other state privacy bills, doesn't appear to give state residents the right to opt out of pseudonymous ad targeting. Reynolds stated Tuesday that the law, slated to take effect in 2025, will give consumers “a reasonable level of transparency and control over their
MediaPostApr 22 2024
News
Water experts provide list of best greenery for desert-dwelling consumers
April is one of the busiest times of the year at Moon Valley Nurseries on Eastern Avenue, with residents eager to plant trees and bushes to take advantage of the warmer spring weather. They are greeted at the entrance by two sets of plants — 10-foot bay laurel hedges and magnolia trees — attracting attention from homeowners looking for shade and privacy. But only the bay laurels are
Las Vegas SunSep 01 2023
News
Cancelproof: Twitter/X Unveils Privacy Feature Allowing Paid Users to Hide Their Likes
In a move aimed at enhancing user privacy, X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has introduced a new feature that allows paid subscribers to hide their likes. Leftist cancel culture relies on trawling through a user’s likes and retweets hunting for opinions that can be used to build outrage against the target. TechCrunch reports that in a step towards enhanced privacy, Elon
Breitbart NewsApr 13 2020
Background
Privacy laws of the United States
The privacy laws of the United States deal with several different legal concepts. One is the invasion of privacy, a tort based in common law allowing an aggrieved party to bring a lawsuit against an individual who unlawfully intrudes into their private affairs, discloses their private information, publicizes them in a false light, or appropriates their name for personal gain.[1] Public figures
WikipediaApr 23 2024
Opinion
The Unreality of Columbia’s ‘Liberated Zone’
Yesterday just before midnight, word goes out, tent to tent, student protester to student protester—a viral warning: Intruders have entered the “liberated zone,” that swath of manicured grass where hundreds of students and their supporters at what they fancy as the People’s University for Palestine sit around tents and conduct workshops about demilitarizing education and fighting settler
The AtlanticSep 28 2023
News
Red Sox say Tim Wakefield is in treatment, ask fans to respect family's privacy
Red Sox say Tim Wakefield is in treatment, ask fans to respect family's privacy
FILE - Former Boston Red Sox player Tim Wakefield looks on before the start of a baseball game between the Red Sox and Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)
WJAR 10Aug 28 2023
Analysis
How Europe's new digital privacy act will change Big Tech regulation
The European Union’s (EU) wide-ranging new digital privacy protection law went into effect on Friday (Aug. 25), ushering in a new era for Big Tech in Europe.
The slate of laws known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) is arguably the toughest series of tech privacy regulations in the world. It builds on last year’s Digital Markets Act, which focused on antitrust reform for major tech
QuartzApr 07 2020
Opinion
Privacy Cannot Be a Casualty of the Coronavirus
Millions of Americans, sheltering in their homes from the coronavirus, have turned to communications platforms like Zoom, Google Hangouts and Facebook Messenger in order to work or stay connected to friends and family. Free and easy to use, the services are gobbling up record numbers of new users.
But there’s a saying in Silicon Valley: If the product is free, you are the product.
New York Times (Opinion)May 22 2023
News
Facebook hit with record $1.3B fine in European privacy case
Facebook parent company Meta was hit with a record $1.3 billion fine on Monday by the European Union, which demanded the social media giant stop transferring user data to the United States. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) found that Meta had made a “very serious” infringement concerning transfers “that are systematic, repetitive and continuous,” EDPB Chair Andrea Jelinek said in a
The Hill