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College of San Mateo Misleading Users Data Exploitation Article Review

 

I’m working on a film multi-part question and need an explanation to help me learn.

Picks 2 representative quote from 2 of the relevant readings. One sentence explaining the quote in your own words, and one or two sentences providing your argument or spin on this quote and its importance.

Resources

– News Coverage

Cory Doctorow, “The Curious Case of Internet Privacy (Links to an external site.),” MIT Technology Review (June 6, 2012)

Cameron F. Kerry and John B. Morris, “Why data ownership is the wrong approach to protecting privacy (Links to an external site.)” Brookings (June 26, 2019)

Salvador Rodriguez, “Facebook strikes back against Apple privacy change, prompts users to accept tracking to get ‘better ads experience’ (Links to an external site.)“,  CNBC (Feb 1, 2021)

Kate Cox, “Virginia is about to get a major California-style data privacy law (Links to an external site.)” Ars Technica (Feb 11, 2021)

Drew Fitzgerald, “T-Mobile to Step Up Ad Targeting of Cellphone Customers (Links to an external site.)Wall Street Journal (March 9, 2021) 

Lauren Sarkesian and Spandana Singh, “Your Dating App Data Might Be Shared With the U.S. Government (Links to an external site.)Slate (March 5, 2021) 

Joseph Cox, “Military Unit That Conducts Drone Strikes Bought Location Data From Ordinary Apps (Links to an external site.)Vice (March 4, 2021) 

Kara Swisher, “Apple’s C.E.O. Is Making Very Different Choices From Mark Zuckerberg downloadThe New York Times (April 5, 2021)

James Graham, “People You May Know (Links to an external site.): We know what you did during lockdown”, FT Film (May 21, 2021)

– Regulatory frameworks

  1. Europe: GDPR (Links to an external site.) 
  2. USA: FCC Broadband Privacy Order (Links to an external site.) 
  3. California: CCPA (Links to an external site.) 
  4. United Nations General Assembly: The right to privacy in the digital age (Links to an external site.)

– Background readings

  1. University of California Privacy Principles (Links to an external site.)
  2. Congressional Research Service – Privacy Protections for Personal Information Online (Links to an external site.)
  3. Cybertelecom – Privacy (Links to an external site.) 
  4. Pew Charitable Trust – The Future of Privacy (Links to an external site.)
  5. FTC – Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change