Internet Safety Labs testified in support of the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act (H78) and Massachusetts Data Privacy Act (H104), advocating for strong data minimization, restrictions on sensitive data sales, and robust enforcement to protect residents'...
This is a story of a politician who cried “hacker” after a reporter informed a state agency that sensitive information was embedded in their website’s HTML source code. While we wish this was a joke or fictional story it, unfortunately, is not. This real-world example underscores the notion that there is a real need for Policymakers to understand how technology works and behaves.
Many policymakers have been interested in protecting children’s privacy and expanding COPPA. Recently, Me2BA alongside a coalition of advocacy groups endorsed Representative Castor’s Kids PRIVCY ACT. We’re proud to support this bill, but we urge members in Congress to address non-profit carve outs in data privacy laws.
A new report from our friends at Fairplay, Reset Australia and Global Action Plan revealed how Facebook’s recent ad policy changes are no more than a bait and switch because now instead of marketers targeting children, Facebook has algorithms do the dirty work instead.
Me2BA and a coalition of other advocacy groups signed on to urge Facebook/Meta to end all surveillance advertising to adolescents.
When the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) published an invitation for preliminary comments on their proposed rule-making...
The concept of better privacy practices is not new – we’ve been talking about it since the birth
of the internet. But what exactly does “better privacy” mean, and how do we get there?
We write to Governor Newsom regarding implementation of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and upcoming implementation...
We wrote to the Privacy Regulations Coordinator at the California Office of the Attorney General to submit comments in response to...
The CCPA – which takes effect on January 1, 2020 – is the first comprehensive consumer privacy law enacted in the United States. It...