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Stay informed with our latest insights on privacy and technology trends, along with key updates from our firm.
The "Hipster" Antitrust Hearing
This week, let’s consider the House’s historic antitrust hearing, the reckoning faced by Big Tech companies, and why we think data privacy and monopolies of data should factor into antitrust considerations.
EU Watchdog Warns of Privacy Problems with Google-Fitbit Deal; But What About Data-opoly?
This week, we consider privacy problems and “data-opolies” in connection with Google’s plan to acquire Fitbit.
Google’s Project Nightingale – Do No Harm
This week, the Wall Street Journal broke an explosive story that Google and non-profit hospital system Ascension have been running a secret initiative known as Project Nightingale, which has amassed the protected health information (“PHI”) of over 50 million Americans across 21 states.
Help us help you again (and read about the related FTC settlement with Google)
This week, we are back with technology tips to up-secure your internet browsing. Our post is inspired by this week’s announcement that Google and YouTube agreed to $170 million settlement to resolve allegations by the FTC and the New York Attorney General that YouTube illegally collected personal information from children.