ISL began its life as the Me2B Alliance, striving to create standards to enable greater power symmetry in the digitally facilitated relationship between consumers (“Me-s”) and the companies whose technology they use (“B-s”). We called this the M2B relationship. For mobile apps, all too often it’s a case of “Me2 Who Knows?!” People have a right to know who’s legally responsible for the apps they use, and it is anything but clear in mobile app stores today. App stores are failing to make clear the legal entity who is responsible for apps. ISL has filed responsible disclosures with Apple starting in late 2024 but our repeated attempts have been dismissed.
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Introducing the ISL Consumer Safety Scorecard for Regulation
Sep 15, 2022 | Policy
Unveiling a more efficient and practical way to evaluate proposed regulations. The ISL Consumer Safety Scorecard for Regulation compares the text of proposed regulations against our “must have” regulation safety principles to arrive at an overall ISL safety score for the regulation.
ISL Consumer Safety Scorecard for CPPA Rulemaking
Aug 23, 2022 | Policy
The ISL Consumer Scorecard compares the text of the proposed California Consumer Privacy Act Regulations, released on July 8, 2022,...
We are monitoring and buying dangling domains to keep people and businesses safer online
Jul 7, 2022 | Research
Dangling domains present massive ongoing safety harm to people, businesses, governments, and institutions. We observed the unique harms of dangling domains during our K12 edtech research last year, and decided to act to raise the issue and encourage others to do the same.
What if people could send legally binding Information Sharing Agreements to businesses
Jun 14, 2022 | Research
The Research Project Part of our work at Internet Safety Labs is to assess the practicalities of safer technology for the mutual...
Why Location Data Brokers Put All Communities At Risk
Jun 6, 2022 | Insights
In our continued effort to educate people about the risks from data brokers this blog post provides a list of authoritative news...
The FTC announces Ed Tech companies prohibited from engaging in common data collection
May 26, 2022 | Policy
On May 19, 2022, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed that they are “committed to ensuring that educational technology tools...
The Me2B Alliance is now Internet Safety Labs
May 25, 2022 | News & Press
We are excited to announce the Me2B Alliance is now Internet Safety Labs. We’ve changed our name but not our core mission. Here’s our...
Our Input to the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Pre-Rulemaking Stakeholder Sessions
May 18, 2022 | Policy
California is a major center of new privacy law and regulation, creating opportunities for internet safety advocates to help design...
We Applaud the Confirmation of New FTC Commissioner, Alvaro Bedoya
May 13, 2022 | Policy
The Me2B Alliance is thrilled to see a Privacy Expert and Advocate assume the role of FTC Commissioner. Bedoya is well known for his...
What the Heck is a Data Broker? John Oliver Breaks it Down
May 11, 2022 | Insights
We hear about data brokers, but who are they and why should I care? They’re pervasive, collect thousands of data points about us on an ongoing basis, and aren’t properly governed.
Three Turns of the Wheel – Building a Software Safety Spec for the Digital World
May 6, 2022 | News & Press
Version 1.0 of the Me2B Safe Specification for Mobile Apps and Websites is now available. It was three years in the making, and this is how we got here.
Statements to the California Privacy Protection Agency during their Stakeholder Sessions
May 4, 2022 | Policy
California is a major center of new privacy law and regulation, creating opportunities for internet safety advocates to help design...
