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TechFreedom Joins Coalition Letter Expressing Concerns about on Broadband Testing Privacy

October 11, 2012

TechFreedom joined a diverse array of public interest groups including the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Center for Media and Democracy in a coalition letter...


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’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...


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...


Szoka to Testify Today Before U.S. Senate on Privacy Self-Regulation

June 28, 2012

TechFreedom President Berin Szoka will testify on privacy and self-regulation at today’s livestreamed hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. As he explains...