Enoch Liang

You don’t know them, but they definitely know you. It is a $200 billion industry yet most people don’t know that it exists. Welcome to the world of data brokers. Because these companies have no direct interaction with consumers, there is no

In recent weeks, TikTok has been in the news repeatedly. This blog post helps explain why. August 1, 2020 Update:  The New York Times reported that ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, has offered to sell its United States operations in response to the Trump

An Update on the Yahoo Data Breach Settlement On July 21, 2020, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh signed off on the $117.5 million settlement, bringing the massive multidistrict litigation to an end. Under the approved deal, Yahoo will provide the estimated 194

Every day, we see reminders of how our privacy rights are being challenged. Recently, one stood out: Clearview AI, a small U.S.-based company enshrouded in secrecy, has created a facial recognition tool by scraping photos and other data from multiple websites including

What’s a MID? Mediators of Individual Data, Data Unions, and Data Dignity The digital transformation of our economy in the 21st century has brought with it some rather daunting challenges. The role of the individual in an increasingly complex tech-driven world is being

$1139.33A conservative estimate * of the lifetime value of a North American Facebook user. The value of one person’s data to Facebook. A number that has gone up every year for 9 years straight and shows no sign of stopping. $0Your monthly Facebook