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Virtual Privacy Lab at San José Public Library

by Julia Bernd | Apr 25, 2016 | Blog, Project News

Last year, members of the Teaching Privacy team worked with the San José Public Library to develop content for their Virtual Privacy Lab: Visit the Virtual Privacy Lab Since then, it’s been covered in national media, been translated from English into Spanish and...

Thought Medical Records Were Sacred? Think Again!

by Gerald Friedland | Apr 18, 2016 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Search Is Improving, You Can't Escape

A recent column in Scientific American explains how trading supposedly “anonymized” data about patients’ health history and prescription purchases has become a multibillion-dollar business: How Data Brokers Make Money Off Your Medical Records And an...

Interactive Lab at Cal Day: What Does the Internet Know About You?

by Julia Bernd | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog, Project News

Come join us this Saturday, April 16, at the University of California, Berkeley, at the annual “Cal Day” campus-wide open house! The Teaching Privacy team will be hosting an interactive lab from 10 a.m. – 12 noon in 380 Soda Hall. Come find out what...

Giving Up Your Privacy For a Facebook Quiz

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...

Slipping Through The Backdoor of Your iPhone

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...

Columbia Researchers Bring Data Tracking Tool to Light

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...
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