Renzo DowneyMarch 10, 2021
9min1815
Gov. Ron DeSantis is backing the Big Tech accountability bill that is drawing comparisons to California.
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Renzo DowneyMarch 10, 2021
Ryan NicolMarch 9, 2021
5min1263
The legislators say the bill is necessary to plug loopholes in state law.
Wire ServicesJune 13, 2020
8min287
The PBA claims Marcy's Law protects officers' identities.
Associated PressMay 18, 2020
10min518
Not enough people want phone app that lets government track whom they're meeting.
Jacob OglesNovember 12, 2019
3min458
But similar legislation never got to the floor last Session.
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 2, 2019
5min289
The case of a man suspected of burglary in Hillsborough County is the latest in a string of cell phone-related cases that could further define privacy rights in a digital world. Taphone Prince is refusing to give investigators the passcode to his Alcatel 7 cell phone even after a judge issued a warrant for its […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 21, 2018
5min631
State Sen. Jeff Brandes has again filed a bill that would protect individuals’ privacy contained on cell phones and other electronic devices as well as GPS location data. The bill would require a warrant to access electronic information from a person suspected of a crime. A warrant is not currently required to search such electronic data. […]
Mitch PerryDecember 14, 2017
5min315
It’s time to deal with privacy in the age of Alexa, Sen. Jeff Brandes says. The St. Petersburg Republican has filed legislation (SB 1256) to protect the expectation of privacy in the use of cell phones and other microphone-enabled household devices. The surge in sales of “smart speakers” like Amazon’s Echo, with its “Alexa” cloud-based voice service, […]
Florence SnyderDecember 15, 2016
3min185
With 11 shopping days ‘til Christmas, Yahoo dropped a lump of coal into the stockings of 1 billion of its users with news that their accounts had been “breached.” That’s tech-speak for “bad guys forged your cookies” — and they are not talking about the sweets you leave next to Santa’s glass of milk. Worse, […]
Associated PressFebruary 11, 2016
13min187
Protecting the privacy of law-abiding citizens from the government is a pillar of Ted Cruz‘s Republican presidential candidacy, but his campaign is testing the limits of siphoning personal data from supporters. His “Cruz Crew” mobile app is designed to gather detailed information from its users’ phones — tracking their physical movements and mining the names […]