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In October and November 2020, DDP (and Andrew Yang) let everyone know about the $650 million dollar Facebook biometric privacy settlement in Illinois. DDP encouraged its Illinois members to submit a claim to the settlement at http://www.facebookbipaclassaction.com/before the November 23, 2020 deadline. Last week, the California

In November 2020, Andrew Yang and The Data Dividend Project submitted a brief to the California Federal Court arguing that California consumers do have a property interest in their own online data. You can download the brief itself here. April 9, 2021 FURTHER UPDATE on Data and Personal Property:  As

MAY 5, 2021 UPDATE:  Apple’s long-awaited new privacy features were finally released on April 26 as part of the company’s iOS 14.5 update.  App Tracking Transparency (“ATT”) will send iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV users a pop-up message whenever an whenever an app seeks to track them

Privacy The recent WhatsApp terms and privacy policy update pop-up (pictured above) has been negatively received by its users and zeroes in on some disturbing aspects of today’s privacy landscape. 1) There’s Always Been Sharing of Personal Data Among Companies Many users mistakenly believed that the notification meant

Touted as a “huge leap forward” for advocates of data privacy, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the first comprehensive American data privacy law, became enforceable on July 1, 2020. Recently, on November 3, 2020, a second law was passed, the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) or Proposition

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me; fool me…eight times? Seriously? Data breaches are a serious problem, and they are getting worse. As we move more and more of our lives online, especially now with the pandemic, chances are that your personal information has

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 public awareness. This allows data brokers

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 administration’s threat to ban TikTok

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 million class members with either credit

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 social networks such as Facebook, YouTube,

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 rapidly redefined. Facebook, Twitter, and Google

$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 bill. Facebook has always been free!