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TechFreedom Urges FTC Not to Expand COPPA by Changing Definitions

September 26, 2012

TechFreedom filed comments ( PDF ) on the second round of the FTC’s re-assessment of the rules implementing the Children’s Online Privacy Act (COPPA). The...


Let’s Not Exaggerate Privacy Risks: Re-Identification Isn’t So Easy After All, says New Barth-Jones Paper

September 6, 2012

The privacy debate has been increasingly shaped by an apparent consensus that de-identifying sets of personally identifying information doesn’t work.  In particular, this has led...


FTC Votes 4-1 for $22.5 Million Google Privacy Settlement

August 17, 2012

TechFreedom President Berin Szoka and Executive Director of the International Center for Law and Economics Geoffrey Manne were quoted on the recent FTC fine of...


FTC’s Google Settlement a Pyrrhic Victory for Privacy and the Rule of Law

August 9, 2012

The Federal Trade Commission today announced Google will pay an unprecedented $22.5 million fine for allegedly violating its 2011 consent decree over how Google handled...


Sen. Rand Paul to Speak on Internet Freedom August 2 at Heritage

July 26, 2012

Will the Real Internet Freedom Please Stand Up? Sen. Rand Paul to Present Vision of Internet Freedom Debates over Internet and telecom policy are increasingly...


Revised Cybersecurity Act Makes Meaningful Progress on Privacy

July 20, 2012

A new version of the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 was introduced last night ( PDF ), and a vote on the Senate floor reportedly may...