Mainers need their state legislators to give support to strong privacy bills that will guarantee that their personal information is protected by the law.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Data privacy and abortion limits set to collide post-Roe
Privacy advocates sounded alarms that women should be vigilant in the types of data and content they share with fertility and health apps and through social media.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
After Roe ruling, Democrats seek probe of tech companies’ use of personal data
Privacy experts say the ruling could make women vulnerable because their personal data could be used to surveil pregnancies and be shared with police or sold to vigilantes.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Stop saying small-business owners oppose Maine biometric privacy bill
It’s in the interest of Big Tech to defeat L.D. 1945, which would create guardrails on how companies can use our personal identifiers – our fingerprints, faces and voices.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Facebook’s free service comes at a high cost
Antitrust lawsuits filed last week detail how the platform’s monopolistic power harms its users.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Enforcement of Maine’s strict online privacy law begins without clear strategy
The state’s attorney general said most internet service providers affirm they are complying, but a group of large providers is fighting the law in court.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Post-9/11 policing is being used on us
From a federal crackdown in Oregon to a secretive police intelligence unit in Maine, we are seeing counterterrorism tactics turned on the public.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine’s internet privacy law survives legal challenge
A federal judge dismissed most of a lawsuit against the state, filed by internet service providers who want to sell customers’ personal information.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Maine fusion center suit shows it’s time to confront mass surveillance
Government and big corporations are crunching our data and sorting us into different categories for their purposes.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
ACLU steps in to support Maine’s online privacy law
Internet industry groups filed a lawsuit challenging the law, which takes effect in July and is seen as one of the strictest in the country.