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California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the CPRA (Archive)
The CCPA and the California Privacy Rights Act, and the rights they created for California consumers.
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United States
12 entries in this archive are tagged with United States as their jurisdiction. An event can appear under more than one jurisdiction when its effects cross borders.
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Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack (Archive)
The 7 May 2021 ransomware attack on the operator of the largest US fuel pipeline, the ransom payment, and the recovery of most of it.
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Apple App Tracking Transparency (Archive)
Apple introduced a permission requirement for app tracking across companies and access to the advertising identifier.
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SolarWinds SUNBURST (Archive)
A malicious update distributed through SolarWinds Orion, attributed publicly to a named threat actor, and the disclosure that followed.
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US State Privacy Laws (Archive)
The wave of US state comprehensive privacy statutes from 2020, and what differs between them.
Archive data breaches
Marriott Starwood guest database breach (Archive)
A compromise of the Starwood guest reservation database was disclosed by Marriott after its acquisition of Starwood.
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Equifax 2017 data breach (Archive)
A 2017 intrusion into Equifax systems exposed personal information held by the credit reporting company.
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Signal subpoena transparency record (Archive)
Signal published the limited account information it could provide in response to a subpoena.
Archive government documents
PCLOB report on the Section 215 telephone records programme (Archive)
A public oversight report assessing the legal and operational record of the telephone metadata programme.
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Section 215 telephone records programme (Archive)
The bulk telephone-records programme reviewed by the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
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FISA Section 702 surveillance authority (Archive)
The US foreign-intelligence collection authority and its public oversight record.
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The 9/11 Commission Report (Archive)
The public report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.