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News Articles: Data privacy

White House adviser Elon Musk at a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Monday. Musk, who is also the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, is leading the Department of Government Efficiency effort that is trying to get access to data from across the government to find waste, fraud and abuse.

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  • Politics

DOGE says it needs to know the government's most sensitive data, but can't say why

DOGE staffers have skirted privacy laws, training and security protocols to gain virtually unfettered access to financial and personal information stored in siloed government databases.

March 26, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Jenna McLaughlin
The smartphone app DeepSeek's page is seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.

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  • Technology

International regulators probe how DeepSeek is using data. Is the app safe to use?

The Chinese chatbot took the world by storm and rattled stock markets. But lost in all the attention was a focus on how the company is collecting and storing data.

January 31, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
The PIGEON algorithm was able to geolocate this 2012 photo of the author on a backcountry trail in Yellowstone National Park to within roughly 35 miles of where it was taken.

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  • Technology

Artificial intelligence can find your location in photos, worrying privacy experts

Three Stanford graduate students built an AI tool that can find a location by looking at pictures. Civil rights advocates warn more advanced versions will further erode online privacy.

December 20, 2023
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
This logo for Meta's new app, Threads. Meta is poised to unveil the new app that appears to mimic Twitter — a direct challenge to the social media platform owned by Elon Musk.

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  • Technology

10 million sign up for Meta's Twitter rival app, Threads

Threads is billed as a text-based version of Meta's photo-sharing app Instagram that the company says provides "a new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations."

July 06, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A European privacy regulator slapped Facebook parent company Meta with a record $1.3 billion fine over transfers of user data to the United States.

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  • Technology

European watchdog fines Meta $1.3 billion over privacy violations

Ireland's Data Protection Commission ruled the tech company breached European privacy laws by transferring user data from Europe to the U.S., where

May 22, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Yang and
  • Eleanor Beardsley
GPB News NPR

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  • Technology

Google pays nearly $392 million to settle sweeping location-tracking case

"Google has prioritized profit over their users' privacy," said Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum of Oregon, one of 40 states to bring the case. "They have been crafty and deceptive."

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Prospective users can take certain steps to ensure their data might be more protected when using online therapy apps, according to some experts.

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  • Technology

How to protect your privacy when using mental health care apps

Some online therapy companies are facing scrutiny for how they handle user data. Experts weigh in on what patients can do to keep their data safer when using these types of services.

July 18, 2022
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By:
  • Shauneen Miranda
Google announced that it would delete location data showing when people visit abortion providers, but privacy experts, and some Google employees, want the company to do more to safeguard data.

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  • Technology

Privacy advocates fear Google will be used to prosecute abortion seekers

When law enforcement requests it, Google usually hands over location and search data collected through its smartphone apps. Will that now be used against people seeking abortions in some states?

July 11, 2022
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn

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  • Technology

Users beware: Apps are using a loophole in privacy law to track kids' phones

Washington Post tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler says a 1998 law prohibits tech companies from collecting data on kids — but only if the companies know the age of their users.

June 16, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Davies
A computer programmer prints a code on a laptop keyboard.

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  • Health

How period tracking apps and data privacy fit into a post-Roe v. Wade climate

Privacy experts warn that in a world without Roe v. Wade, data from period-tracking apps could potentially be used to penalize anyone seeking an abortion.

May 10, 2022
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By:
  • Rina Torchinsky
A 3D model of downtown Atlanta, before the construction of Mercedes-Benz Stadium and the demolition of the Georgia Dome

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  • News

Georgia Tech's Urban Analytics Degree Seeks To Train Cities' Future Problem Solvers

“Urban analytics is essentially a discipline that uses data and data science tools to solve urban problems,” said Subhrajit Guhathakurta, professor at Georgia Tech’s School of City and Regional Planning.

September 08, 2021
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By:
  • Rickey Bevington
Amazon's Echo Show devices are among those that will automatically be added to its shared wireless network scheme, called Amazon Sidewalk.

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  • Technology

Your Amazon Echo Will Share Your Wireless Network With Neighbors, Unless You Opt Out

The company says its Sidewalk system extends the range of low-bandwidth devices by pooling neighbors' networks to improve connectivity. It's all in the customer's interest, Amazon says.

June 04, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Apple released new privacy controls in its latest software update. The changes are roiling the online advertising industry.

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  • Technology

Apple Rolls Out Major New Privacy Protections For iPhones And iPads

Users will now encounter pop-ups asking whether they want to allow their data to be shared with third parties. That little question could have a big impact on advertising companies like Facebook.

April 26, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Singapore's TraceTogether program has been a factor in the country's success in managing the coronavirus. But officials now acknowledge its contact-tracing data can be requested by police in criminal investigations.

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  • Asia

Singapore Says COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Data Can Be Requested By Police

The government had previously said data collected by its widely used app would only be used for contact tracing. The program is seen as a key part of the country's success in managing the coronavirus.

January 05, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Twenty lawsuits have been combined into a unified federal legal action against short-form video app TikTok over allegedly harvesting data from users and secretly sending the information to China.

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  • Technology

Class-Action Lawsuit Claims TikTok Steals Kids' Data And Sends It To China

A lawsuit alleging that TikTok collects and sends American users' data to China could cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars. TikTok denies the allegations.

August 05, 2020
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
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