by Melody Valdez | Nov 30, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Sharing Releases Control
Recently, the “Most Used Words” Facebook quiz has been gaining popularity with over sixteen million users across the globe. However, a majority of these users are unaware that playing the quiz discloses personal data about themselves to a company called...
by Melody Valdez | Nov 9, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Someone Could Listen
Last month, the Obama administration decided that it won’t push tech companies to put encryption “backdoors” in their products. This means that the companies are not required to provide law enforcement and government agencies with easy access to...
by Melody Valdez | Nov 2, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, You're Leaving Footprints
Have you ever wondered how companies are able to show advertisements targeted specifically towards your wants and needs? Researchers from Columbia University developed a tool called Sunlight that aims to improve transparency between users’ information, such as...
by Melody Valdez | Oct 26, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Privacy Requires Work, Someone Could Listen
You may have already heard that keeping your online accounts safe from hackers require secure and unique passwords for each account. However, how can you think of several passwords containing random letters, numbers, and symbols that are easy to remember? Researchers...
by Melody Valdez | Oct 19, 2015 | Blog, Privacy Requires Work
On October 8, 2015, Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which requires any state law enforcement agency to get a warrant before accessing any electronic information or metadata — including emails, texts, and location...
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