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In this episode:

- US border forces are seizing Americans' phone data and storing it for 15 years

- California fines Sephora $1.2 million for data privacy violation

- Apple Pumps Up Ad Staff In Post Privacy-Policy Ad Business Push

- Iranian authorities plan to use facial recognition to enforce new hijab law

- Period and pregnancy tracking apps have bad privacy protections, report finds

- FTC Sues Kochava for Selling Data that Tracks People at Reproductive Health Clinics, Places of Worship, and Other Sensitive Locations

- Scanning students’ homes during remote testing is unconstitutional, judge says

- Millions of Capital One Customers Are Eligible for Part of a $190 Million Settlement: Learn How to Claim Your Share

- DuckDuckGo, Proton, Mozilla throw weight behind bill targeting Big Tech ‘surveillance’

- Ravel emerges from stealth with privacy-first data tools based on scalable homomorphic encryption

- DuckDuckGo's privacy-focused email service now open to all

The Data Drop is a production of the Data Collaboration Alliance, a nonprofit advancing meaningful data ownership and inclusive innovation through open research and free skills training. To learn more about our free partnerships, the free Data Collaboration Community, and our support of the Zero-Copy Integration standard, please visit: datacollaboration.org

In this month's Data Drop Panel, our host Heidi Saas takes a deeper dive into some of the most important, concerning, and downright fascinating data privacy and data protection items covered by the Data Drop News podcast in recent weeks.

Stream the discussion with full captions or visit our episode post to get the full transcript and all the links: https://www.datacollaboration.org/post/the-data-drop-panel-for-august-2022

This month’s topics:


Footprint wants to change how companies collect, store and share personal data
US and UK launch research prize for ‘privacy enhancing technology’ 
Tim Hortons offers free coffee and donut to settle data privacy invasion claims 
Lawsuit Against FTC Intensifies Location Data Privacy Battle 
Report: 94 percent of consumers want control over the information they share with companies 
U.S. communications regulator wants TikTok removed from app stores over spying concerns

This month’s special guests:

Jeff Jockisch (CEO, PrivacyPlan), Sameer Ahirrao (Founder, Ardent Privacy), and David Blaszkowsky (Helios Data)

The Data Drop News is a production of the Data Collaboration Alliance, a nonprofit working to advance data ownership through pilot projects in sustainability, healthcare, education, and social inclusion, as well as free training in the data collaboration methodology. Visit datacollaboration.org

Visit our blog to get links to all the stories featured in this episode: https://www.datacollaboration.org/blog/categories/datadrop

In this episode:

- Google targeted in fresh EU consumer groups' privacy complaints 

- Further EU DPA orders stop of Google Analytics 

- U.S. communications regulator wants TikTok removed from app stores over spying concerns 

- Former Amazon Employee Found Guilty in 2019 Capital One Data Breach 

- Google will delete location history data for abortion clinic visits 

- Teslas Banned From China Communist Party Resort Town 

- ‘Asleep at the wheel’: Canada police’s spyware admission raises alarm 

- UK unveils Data Reform Bill, scrapping parts of GDPR and promising £1 billion in savings 

- Daycare Apps Are Dangerously Insecure 

- Supercookies Have Privacy Experts Sounding the Alarm

The Data Drop is a production of the Data Collaboration Alliance, a nonprofit advancing meaningful data ownership and inclusive innovation through open research and free skills training. To learn more about our free partnerships, the free Data Collaboration Community, and our support of the Zero-Copy Integration standard, please visit: datacollaboration.org

In this month's Data Drop Panel, our host Cat Coode takes a deeper dive into some of the most important, concerning, and downright fascinating data privacy and data protection items covered by the Data Drop News podcast in recent weeks.

Stream the discussion with full captions or visit our episode post to get the full transcript and all the links: https://www.datacollaboration.org/post/the-data-drop-panel-for-june-2022

This month’s topics:


The long-awaited U.S. data-privacy bill appears to be on track, again
FTC Chair Khan plans key work on kids' data privacy online
'murena one’ protects users' privacy from google and surveillance
Health data privacy concerns grow as abortion laws change nationwide
Tim Hortons app collected vast amounts of sensitive data: privacy watchdogs
DuckDuckGo caught giving Microsoft permission for trackers despite strong privacy reputation
Canada’s new federal privacy Bill C-27

This month’s special guests:

David Kruger (Absio), Heidi Saas, and Jeff Jockisch (PrivacyPlan)

The Data Drop News is a production of the Data Collaboration Alliance, a nonprofit working to advance data ownership through pilot projects in sustainability, healthcare, education, and social inclusion, as well as free training in the data collaboration methodology. Visit datacollaboration.org

Visit our blog to get links to all the stories featured in this episode: https://www.datacollaboration.org/blog/categories/datadrop

In this episode:

- The long-awaited U.S. data-privacy bill appears to be on track, again

- FTC Chair Khan plans key work on kids' data privacy online

- French data protection watchdog: Tweaking Google Analytics won’t make it legal

- Tim Hortons app collected vast amounts of sensitive data: privacy watchdogs

- UK Citizens need ‘education’ on NHS data sharing as Palantir eyes health service contracts

- TikTok’s Latest Ad Targeting Provisions Reflect Increasing Revenue Pressure on the App

- DuckDuckGo caught giving Microsoft permission for trackers despite strong privacy reputation

- Canadian PM selects chief legal officer at House of Commons to be next privacy commissioner

- 'murena one’ protects users' privacy from google and surveillance

- Peekaboo! Here's a system to guarantee smart home privacy

The Data Drop is a production of the Data Collaboration Alliance, a nonprofit advancing meaningful data ownership and inclusive innovation through open research and free skills training. To learn more about our free partnerships, the free Data Collaboration Community, and our support of the Zero-Copy Integration standard, please visit: datacollaboration.org

In this month's Data Drop Panel, our host Erik Rind takes a deeper dive into some of the most important, concerning, and downright fascinating data privacy and data protection items covered by the Data Drop News podcast in recent weeks.

Stream the discussion with full captions or visit our episode post to get the full transcript and all the links: https://www.datacollaboration.org/post/the-data-drop-panel-for-may-2022

This month’s topics:

- Google Analytics to Stop Logging IP Addresses and Sunset Old Versions in Privacy Standards Overhaul - Scraping Data from LinkedIn Profiles is Legal, Appeals Court Rules - Major Study Finds Consumers Becoming Data 'Capitalists,' Willing to Trade Personal Info - B.C. Commissioner Mulling Over Privacy Code for Children - New Campaign in UK to Rename Cookies as 'Data Collectors' to Highlight Kids' Privacy Online - Your Personal Data is Exposed to Hackers — Alarming Report Reveals Mobile Apps are Not Protecting Your Info

This month’s special guests:

Priya Keshav (CEO & Founder, Meru Data), Sameer Ahirrao (CEO & Founder, Ardent Privacy), Jeff Jockisch (CEO, PrivacyPlan)

The Data Drop News is a production of the Data Collaboration Alliance, a nonprofit working to advance data ownership through pilot projects in sustainability, healthcare, education, and social inclusion, as well as free training in the data collaboration methodology. Visit datacollaboration.org