If data privacy is so important to Americans, why don't more people demand more of it? Part of the reason is that if people are made to feel as if data collection (and the abuse it permits) is inevitable, they're more likely to accept it. theconversation.com/why-people-don…

.U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. introduces legislation to give users of fitness apps and healthtech devices the chance to opt out of data collection, and to require users to be informed that their data is not covered by HIPAA privacy protections. vitallaw.com/news/fitness-a…

ICYMI: @STOPspyingny files suit against NYPD NEWS on behalf of Brooklyn couple who claim a police camera is pointed directly into their bedroom, arguing their privacy has been violated and that @NYCgov has built a surveillance network to spy on residents. x.com/STOPSpyingNY/s…

.EPIC paper details the risks of data mining, examining the systemic flaws in data mining practices (incl. data accuracy and human bias) and highlighting the consequences for privacy and constitutional rights. epic.org/epic-publishes…