As fall rapidly approaches amid an unyieldingly high national COVID-19 caseload, the nation’s collective attention has increasingly turned to how to best manage the impending schooling crisis. Though the federal government’s approach to public schooling remains an open question for now, the two largest school districts in California (Los Angeles [...]
Recently, ACT | The App Association made it a priority to highlight encryption’s essential role in facilitating a safe and secure internet, a role that’s become even more vital while millions remain quarantined and reliant on remote communication technologies. This is especially the case for vulnerable communities, such as the [...]
We last checked-in on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) a little less than six months ago, shortly after the law went into effect. Since then, there’s been a lot of effort poured into refining and clarifying the law; two updates to the law’s implementing regulations and an entire new [...]
Recently, we compiled a primer on the various legislative responses to facial recognition currently percolating at all levels of government. Since then, facial recognition, especially law enforcement use-cases, has received increased scrutiny as part of the ongoing national conversation about racial justice and police reform. Last week, major vendors Microsoft, [...]
Recently, my colleague authored a resource (the 101 version of this “course,” for the academically inclined) to answer questions about European COVID-19 proximity tracing and exposure notification applications and to construct a best-practices framework for such apps. Now, we pivot our focus to the United States, where efforts to rally [...]