Articles about Privacy And Security on Broadband Breakfast

How to Understand The Future of Privacy Policy: A Q&A With David Brin

BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: We remember reading The Transparent Society 20 years ago, back in the days when Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy said, "You have no...

Big Tech2 years ago

House Republicans Grill Google CEO Sundar Pichai Over Alleged Political Bias

WASHINGTON, December 11, 2018 – The CEO of search engine Google came to Washington on Tuesday and politely rebutted all charges that the world’s largest search...

Broadband Data2 years ago

Ten Years After the Beginning of Broadband Data Collection Efforts, M-Lab Gathers to Celebrate

WASHINGTON, August 8, 2018 – Experts in broadband data analysis on Tuesday criticized internet service providers for overstating coverage in federal broadband data collection efforts, and...

Broadband and Democratization2 years ago

U.S. is Falling Behind in Internet Influence to Europe, Russia and China, Cybersecurity Experts Tell Senate

WASHINGTON, July 31, 2018 - The U.S. is falling behind in internet regulation and risks losing the global internet leadership position to the EU, China, and...

Artificial Intelligence2 years ago

Are Facebook and Amazon Really Compliant with the Global Data Protection Regulation?

BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Are Facebook and Amazon really GDPR compliant? Researchers used artificial intellence software to analyze Facebook and Amazon new GDPR policies. The AI tool found...

Asia2 years ago

European and Chinese Pressures are Squeezing Silicon Valley, Threatening a Global ‘Splinternet’

WASHINGTON, July 9, 2018 – The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation is raising the danger of the “splinternet” syndrome, as top tech companies prioritize international...

Broadband's Impact2 years ago

Supreme Court Extends Fourth Amendment Protections To Include Mobile Phone Carrier Location Data

WASHINGTON, June 22, 2018 — People living, working, or traveling in the United States gained a bit more privacy Friday after the Supreme Court found that...

Broadband's Impact2 years ago

Digital Advertising Experts Square Off on Privacy Against Skeptical Members of Congress

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2018 - Top digital advertising experts defended the importance of data collection against a committee skeptical of ad companies’ ethics. With data privacy...

Broadband's Impact2 years ago

Technologist at Heart of Cambridge Analytica Privacy Scandal Defends Himself Before Senate Committee

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2018 - The man behind the app at the heart of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal defended the company’s use of personal data...

Europe2 years ago

Is the European GDPR Incompatible With U.S. Privacy Law, Including the Recent U.S. CLOUD Act?

WASHINGTON, June 20, 2018 - Data privacy experts questioned the effectiveness of the European General Data Protection Regulation as a means of regulating international data privacy...

Artificial Intelligence2 years ago

Blockchain Brings Distributed Computing to Automating More Than Simply Bitcoin

BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Blockchain is beginning to be recognized as much more than simply the technology powering Bitcoin. As this understanding seeps into the popular consciousness,...

Cybersecurity2 years ago

How Can the Federal Government Get Citizens to Take Cybersecurity More Seriously?

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2018 – Concerns that consumers will fail to adopt even basic security measures to protect themselves - and thereby endanger the entire internet...

Big Tech2 years ago

Facebook Faces A Skeptical Audience on Data Privacy and Terror Transparency

WASHINGTON, June 7, 2018 – A top Facebook policy official on Wednesday defended the social media giant’s new policies about safeguarding privacy and data transparency against...

Broadband's Impact2 years ago

Facebook Faces Tough Scrutiny From Many Directions, Even at CATO Institute

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2018 - If the tenor of a Thursday event at the CATO Institute is any indication, Facebook continues to face tough scrutiny from...

Big Tech2 years ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Began Testimony Before Senate Committee with an Apology for Company’s History

WASHINGTON, April 10, 2018 – After months of seemingly-unending scandal over his company’s role in the 2018 election, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg began his first of...

Big Tech2 years ago

Facebook Data Breach is Putting Social Networking and Dating Apps in the Cross-Hairs of Congress

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2018 — As Facebook users continue to learn more about how the social networking pioneer allowed third parties to gain access to contact...

Broadband and Democratization2 years ago

With Senators and Representatives Targeting Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg Likely to Visit Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON, March 23, 2018 – The odds that Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will make an appearance on Capitol Hill to explain his company’s actions...

Congress3 years ago

With Political Cyberattacks in the Background, Trump Administration Prepares Cybersecurity Review

WASHINGTON, July 6, 2017 — The threat of mass cyberattack has been forcing the Trump Administration to take precautionary steps and boost the profile of cybersecurity....

Autonomous Vehicles3 years ago

Federal Trade Commission Workshop on Connected Cars Raises Issues of Data Breaches and Privacy

WASHINGTON, July 3, 2017 - Self-driving vehicles could reduce congestion, supplement public transit systems and help the elderly and disabled travel safely, said Jeffrey Massimilla, chief...

Broadband's Impact3 years ago

Inaugural Meeting of CEO-Driven American Technology Council Seeks to Highlight Cyber-Security Protections

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2017 — President Donald Trump on Monday kicked off the White House’s “tech week” by calling for a “sweeping transformation of the federal...

Cybersecurity3 years ago

More Data is Necessary to Make Defending Against Security Breaches a Rational Cost-Benefit Calculation

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 18, 2017 - The key to defending against security breaches is collecting more data, said a University of Illinois at Chicago professor during...

Cybersecurity3 years ago

Rep. Marsha Blackburn at Partisan Hearing on Cybercrime: ‘Hackers are Smart, and They are Adapting’

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2017 - Cybercrimes cost the global economy about $450 billion annually, House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, said Tuesday as she cited...

FCC3 years ago

House Rules Committee Approves Vote on Internet Privacy Measure on Tuesday; All Parties Expected to Weigh In

BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: With the House Rules Committee's decision to press for a House vote on internet privacy on Tuesday, it's an "all hands on deck"...

FCC4 years ago

Public Knowledge, Benton Foundation and Center for Digital Democracy Oppose FCC’s Reversal on Broadband Privacy

Public Knowledge Files Opposition for Reconsideration to Save Broadband Privacy Rules for Consumers On Monday, Public Knowledge, joined by Benton Foundation and the Center for Digital...

FCC4 years ago

With Potential Senate Action on Broadband Privacy, Telecom Issues are Coming to the Hill

Broadband Breakfast Insight: Flake's bill is just one of the many signs that telecommunications issues are likely to be discussed more, not less, in Congress this...

Press Releases4 years ago

House Passes Email Privacy Act

WASHINGTON, February 6, 2017 – The House of Representatives on Monday approved by voice vote the Email Privacy Act, H.R. 387, designed to protect Americans’ privacy and public...

Broadband's Impact5 years ago

White House Cybersecurity Czar Highlights Escalation Paths for Cyberdefense, Highlights ‘Risk-Management’

ASPEN, August 17, 2015 - The Technology Policy Institute's Aspen 2015 Forum opened here on Sunday night with a focus on the increasing prominence that cybersecurity threats...

Cybersecurity5 years ago

Robert Cattanach: AT&T Settles with FCC for $25 Million in Landmark Privacy and Data Breach Agreement

Editor's Note: On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission announced a $25 million settlement with AT&T for data breaches including the releasing of thousands of customer records, including...

Cybersecurity6 years ago

Speaking at Federal Trade Commission, Obama Urges Internet Privacy Legislation for Consumers and Students

WASHINGTON, January 12, 2015 – President Barack Obama on Monday announced that his administration would push for two new pieces of federal internet privacy legislation, one...

Broadband's Impact6 years ago

Broadband Roundup: California Public Utilities Commission Delays Title II Regulation

WASHINGTON, September 15, 2014 - Set to pass a proposal enduring public utility regulation of broadband providers under Title II of the Communications Act, the California...

Broadband Roundup6 years ago

Broadband Roundup: Rural Providers Want RUS Funding, AT&T Expands ‘GigaPower’, and Potential Surveillance Changes

WASHINGTON, July 30, 2014 - The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development and Credit held a hearing on coordinating the future of broadband investment. Lang...

Education6 years ago

Broadband Roundup: Microsoft on Privacy, 11th Circuit on Warrants, and Wheeler on Community Broadband

WASHINGTON, June 12, 2014 - Microsoft is determined to fight a recent U.S. government demand for a user's emails on company computers in Ireland, The Wall...

Asia6 years ago

Broadband Roundup: China’s Tit-for-Tat with America on Cybercrime; FCC Chairman Wheeler Discusses Next-Generation Internet Networks

WASHINGTON, May 27, 2014 – In what appears to be a tit-for-tat on the United States Justice Department’s indictments last week for cybercrime, China has accused...

Broadband's Impact6 years ago

Broadband Roundup: House Passes USA Freedom Act to Rein in NSA, But Key Civil Liberties Groups Defect

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2014 - The House of Representatives passed the USA Freedom Act on Thursday in a 303 to 121 vote, according to Ars Technica, instituting changes...

Broadband's Impact6 years ago

FBI Director Testifies On Cybersecurity, Says Agency Can Balance National Security and Civil Liberties

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2014 - At the Senate Judiciary Committee's oversight hearing on the FBI on Wednesday, FBI Director James Comey faced scrutiny over the agency's...

Broadband Roundup6 years ago

Broadband Roundup: Germany Rebuffs Surveillance for Repression, Wearable Technology in the Body and Cyber-Attacks

WASHINGTON, May 21, 2014 - ABC News reported that Germany plans to limit their exports of surveillance technology to states "that fail to respect their human rights." The...

Broadband's Impact6 years ago

At the Scene of the Federal Communications Commission as the Agency Passes Net Neutrality Rules

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2014 – In a Federal Commissions Commission meeting tinged with protest, the agency voted Thursday to begin a process to re-established certain network...

Privacy and Security6 years ago

Twitter Q&A on Children’s Online Privacy with Reps. Markey and Barton

WASHINGTON, April 9, 2014 – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (@MarkeyMemo) and Rep. Joe Barton (@RepJoeBarton) are hosting a Twitter Q&A on children’s online privacy. Using...

Broadband's Impact7 years ago

‘On the Internet, No One Knows You’re a Child’: The Short Life of Aaron Swartz, at Sundance

PARK CITY, Utah, January 23, 2014 - On the internet, no one knows you're a child. That, at least, was the message I took from watching...

Broadband's Impact7 years ago

Bringing Moore’s Law Off the Desktop and Into the Cloud By Intel CEO at Consumer Electronics Show

LAS VEGAS, January 7, 2014 - Just six months on the job, the new CEO of Silicon Valley computing giant Intel came to the International Consumer...

Broadband Breakfast

How to Understand The Future of Privacy Policy: A Q&A With David Brin

House Republicans Grill Google CEO Sundar Pichai Over Alleged Political Bias

Ten Years After the Beginning of Broadband Data Collection Efforts, M-Lab Gathers to Celebrate

U.S. is Falling Behind in Internet Influence to Europe, Russia and China, Cybersecurity Experts Tell Senate

Are Facebook and Amazon Really Compliant with the Global Data Protection Regulation?

European and Chinese Pressures are Squeezing Silicon Valley, Threatening a Global ‘Splinternet’

Supreme Court Extends Fourth Amendment Protections To Include Mobile Phone Carrier Location Data

Digital Advertising Experts Square Off on Privacy Against Skeptical Members of Congress

Technologist at Heart of Cambridge Analytica Privacy Scandal Defends Himself Before Senate Committee

Is the European GDPR Incompatible With U.S. Privacy Law, Including the Recent U.S. CLOUD Act?

Blockchain Brings Distributed Computing to Automating More Than Simply Bitcoin

How Can the Federal Government Get Citizens to Take Cybersecurity More Seriously?

Facebook Faces A Skeptical Audience on Data Privacy and Terror Transparency

Facebook Faces Tough Scrutiny From Many Directions, Even at CATO Institute

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Began Testimony Before Senate Committee with an Apology for Company’s History

Facebook Data Breach is Putting Social Networking and Dating Apps in the Cross-Hairs of Congress

With Senators and Representatives Targeting Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg Likely to Visit Capitol Hill

With Political Cyberattacks in the Background, Trump Administration Prepares Cybersecurity Review

Federal Trade Commission Workshop on Connected Cars Raises Issues of Data Breaches and Privacy

Inaugural Meeting of CEO-Driven American Technology Council Seeks to Highlight Cyber-Security Protections

More Data is Necessary to Make Defending Against Security Breaches a Rational Cost-Benefit Calculation

Rep. Marsha Blackburn at Partisan Hearing on Cybercrime: ‘Hackers are Smart, and They are Adapting’

House Rules Committee Approves Vote on Internet Privacy Measure on Tuesday; All Parties Expected to Weigh In

Public Knowledge, Benton Foundation and Center for Digital Democracy Oppose FCC’s Reversal on Broadband Privacy

With Potential Senate Action on Broadband Privacy, Telecom Issues are Coming to the Hill

House Passes Email Privacy Act

White House Cybersecurity Czar Highlights Escalation Paths for Cyberdefense, Highlights ‘Risk-Management’

Robert Cattanach: AT&T Settles with FCC for $25 Million in Landmark Privacy and Data Breach Agreement

Speaking at Federal Trade Commission, Obama Urges Internet Privacy Legislation for Consumers and Students

Broadband Roundup: California Public Utilities Commission Delays Title II Regulation

Broadband Roundup: Rural Providers Want RUS Funding, AT&T Expands ‘GigaPower’, and Potential Surveillance Changes

Broadband Roundup: Microsoft on Privacy, 11th Circuit on Warrants, and Wheeler on Community Broadband

Broadband Roundup: China’s Tit-for-Tat with America on Cybercrime; FCC Chairman Wheeler Discusses Next-Generation Internet Networks

Broadband Roundup: House Passes USA Freedom Act to Rein in NSA, But Key Civil Liberties Groups Defect

FBI Director Testifies On Cybersecurity, Says Agency Can Balance National Security and Civil Liberties

Broadband Roundup: Germany Rebuffs Surveillance for Repression, Wearable Technology in the Body and Cyber-Attacks

At the Scene of the Federal Communications Commission as the Agency Passes Net Neutrality Rules

Twitter Q&A on Children’s Online Privacy with Reps. Markey and Barton

‘On the Internet, No One Knows You’re a Child’: The Short Life of Aaron Swartz, at Sundance

Bringing Moore’s Law Off the Desktop and Into the Cloud By Intel CEO at Consumer Electronics Show

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