privacy

Tracking Truckers

Yet again, the public is being asked to trade privacy for safety. This time, truckers are in the midst of the controversy, sparked by a proposed rule creating a digital tracking system for commercial truckers that may further stress the nation’s already weak supply chains.

Leslie Corbly
| 6th Dec 2022

Privacy

Montana: The Privacy State

s our lives become more connected to the digital world with exciting new technologies, it’s crucial that our civil liberties are uploaded with us. Over the last decade, a handful of states have made important legislative changes with this end in mind.

David Iglesias
| 15th Nov 2022

Privacy

Montana Protects Privacy

The passage of C-48 means Montana is now the third state to pass constitutional protections for privacy in digital data.

Leslie Corbly
| 10th Nov 2022

Op-Eds

Consumer Privacy Laws Aren’t About the Public

When citizens consent to data collection, they make their personal information vulnerable to misuse and third party sales.

Leslie Corbly
| 31st Oct 2022

Op-Eds

The Troubling Rise of Surveillance Cities

A new Houston law leverages funds from The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to require businesses to provide police access to private surveillance footage.

Leslie Corbly
| 6th Oct 2022

Privacy

The Power of Consumers To Protect Their Privacy

Consumers have no control over how their private data — such as location and search history — is collected, stored, and distributed. When people lack control over when and how details of their private life become public, it is a problem for individual rights and privacy.

Leslie Corbly
| 15th Sep 2022

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