glynmoody, 3 months ago to random

#Wyden’s Office Gets #FTC To Protect The Data Of 1.6 Billion People Tracked By Now-Bankrupt Data Broker - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/03/04/wydens-office-gets-ftc-to-protect-the-data-of-1-6-billion-people-tracked-by-now-bankrupt-data-broker/ bit late, but hey...

glynmoody, 4 months ago to privacy

#Wyden Reveals Phone #Data Used to Target #Abortion Misinformation at Visitors to Hundreds of Reproductive Health Clinics - https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-reveals-phone-data-used-to-target-abortion-misinformation-at-visitors-to-hundreds-of-reproductive-health-clinics "Congress Must Act to Ensure Private Location Data Is Not Used By Extremist Prosecutors To Prosecute Women" #privacy

IAmDannyBoling, 4 months ago to apps

Did you really think they'd stop spying on us? 😠

"US #Senator Ron Wyden released documents confirming the #NationalSecurityAgency buys Americans’ internet records, which can [read: WILL] reveal which #websites they visit and what #apps they use."

https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-releases-documents-confirming-the-nsa-buys-americans-internet-browsing-records-calls-on-intelligence-community-to-stop-buying-us-data-obtained-unlawfully-from-data-brokers-violating-recent-ftc-order
#Wyden Releases #Documents Confirming the #NSA Buys #Americans’ #Internet Browsing Records; Calls on #Intelligence #Community to Stop Buying US #Data Obtained Unlawfully From #DataBrokers, Violating Recent #FTC Order

#IAmDB

SteveThompson, 4 months ago to privacy

"The Pentagon Tried to Hide That It Bought Americans' Data Without a Warrant"

https://www.wired.com/story/pentagon-data-purchases-wyden-letter/

"US spy agencies purchased Americans' phone location data and internet metadata without a warrant but only admitted it after a US senator blocked the appointment of a new NSA director."

#Wyden #Pentagon #NSA #surveillance #tracking #bigdata #privacy #identity #Orwell

bespacific, 1 year ago to random

#Wyden: “I was disappointed but unsurprised by #billionaire Republican activist #HarlanCrow #refusal to respond to my #questions about #gifts he’s #lavished on #ClarenceThomas & family over the bulk of Thomas’s tenure on #SCOTUS. Mr. Crow is relying on same baseless arguments that failed #Trump in his attempt to stonewall #Congressional #oversight. I have used my Chairmanship of the committee to shine a bright light on tax schemes undertaken by the #ultrawealthy https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-statement-on-harlan-crow-stonewalling-committee-inquiry