Privacy Cases
Amazon's Sidewalk feature turns Alexa devices into neighborhood WiFi networks that owners have to opt out of.
Sidewalk Shared Network
USA Commerce Department wants to ban TikTok and WeChat from USA app stores citing national security and data privacy concerns.
USA vs TikTok and WeChat
Data from hundreds of police organizations was leaked on Juneteenth 2020 by Distributed Denial of Secrets.
BlueLeaks vs Police Data
Lip-syncing app TikTok faces record FTC fine for illegally collecting kids’ data.
FTC Fining TikTok
Oregon senators demand answers from US Marshalls collection of data of BLM protesters in June 2020.
US Marshalls plane surveillance.
An Apple employee and US Citizen refused to allow border agents access to companny iPhone and laptop.
US agents detaining Apple employee.
Google won't remove Saudi app that gives men power of travel permission for women relatives.
Google vs Absher app that tracks women.
Airbnb guest discovers hidden camera but Airbnb took their time banning the host.
Airbnb host caught surveilling guests.
This multi-national media library publishes large datasets of censored/restricted official documents.
Wikileaks leaks...you choose.
Facebook's new technology will serve you ads based on your personal images.
Facebook scanning your photos for brands
A global team reviews audio clips in an effort to help the voice-activated assistant respond to commands.
Amazon Listening to Your Alexa
USA citizen leaks data on 14,200 people in Singapore with HIV
Singapore vs Mikhy Brochez
Motherboard reporter Joseph Cox pays a bounty hunter to locate a phone.
Telecoms selling our phone geodata
Newspaper scrapes mugshots to increase readership.
Tampa Bay Mugshots
To catch a robber, the FBI attempted an unprecedented grab for Google location data.
Google vs the FBI
Dragonfly is the upcoming Google search engine for China, which employees say will accesses users' phone numbers.
Google Employees versus Dragonfly
To support its advertising programs, the new Portal will collect user data (will it also serve ads?).
Facebook's Portal privacy protections
The 2nd-largest health insurer in the USA will pay the government $16 million to settle privacy violations.
Anthem's $16M Data Breach Payout
Nike ends privacy violations in running app after investigation by Dutch DPA
Nike versus The Netherlands
Many high-tech workers reject some government projects where privacy of citizens is at stake.
Employees versus Google versus DOJ
Whistleblower accuses Tesla of spying on employees at Gigafactory.
Tesla management vs Employees
Two South Korea men were arrested for secretly live-streaming hotel guests from 42 rooms in 10 cities.
Live-streamed Motel Guests
Is it OK to hack and publish private data when an ISP allows illegal content?
Anonymous Deleting Child Porn Sites
Lawsuit claims Bose headphones collect users' data without their permission.
the Spying Headphones
Siri, Alexa/Echo, and Cortana activate when hearing a "wake word, which means they are always listening."
the Always Listening Personal Assistant
Police monitored social media, ran facial recognition to arrest protesters.
the Arrested Baltimore Protestors
Lawsuit settles secret cellular tracking and interruption system that collected personal data.
Chicago Police's StingRay Tracker