Privacy

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• Biden administration
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Executive order
• Government
• House Oversight Committee
• ICE
• Paragon
• Privacy
• Shontel Brown
• spyware
• Summer Lee
• Supreme Court
• surveillance
• Technology
• U.S. courts
• Yassamin Ansari

House Dems seek info about ICE spyware contract, wary of potential abuses

Cyber Scoop October 6, 2025

House Dems seek info about ICE spyware contract, wary...

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• Cybersecurity
• data privacy
• encryption
• European Union
• Geopolitics
• Policy
• Privacy
• signal
• Technology

Potential EU law sparks global concerns over end-to-end encryption for messaging apps 

Cyber Scoop October 6, 2025

Potential EU law sparks global concerns over end-to-end encryption...

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• Android
• BadBazaar
• China
• ESET
• Privacy
• signal
• spyware
• Threats
• United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Android spyware disguised as legitimate messaging apps targets UAE victims, researchers reveal

Cyber Scoop October 2, 2025

Android spyware disguised as legitimate messaging apps targets UAE...

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• China
• data
• Department of Government Efficency
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Edward Coristine
• Elon Musk
• Federal IT
• FISMA
• Gary Peters
• General Services Administration
• Government
• Iran
• Money
• Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
• Privacy
• Russia
• Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
• Social Security Administration
• Starlink
• Trump administration

Dem report concludes Department of Government Efficiency violates cybersecurity, privacy rules

Cyber Scoop September 25, 2025

Dem report concludes Department of Government Efficiency violates cybersecurity,...

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• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Donald Trump
• Government
• New York
• Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
• Privacy
• Secret Service
• SIM cards
• surveillance
• Telecommunications
• Threats
• United Nations

Secret Service says it dismantled extensive telecom threat in NYC area

Cyber Scoop September 23, 2025

Secret Service says it dismantled extensive telecom threat in...

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• Andrew Garbarino
• Bernie Moreno
• budget
• Business Software Alliance
• continuing resolution
• Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
• Freedom of Information Act
• Gary Peters
• Government
• House Homeland Security Committee
• information sharing
• Joni Ernst
• National Cyber Director
• National Defense Authorization Act
• Policy
• Privacy
• rand paul
• Sean Cairncross
• Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Cyber threat information law hurtles toward expiration, with poor prospects for renewal

Cyber Scoop September 22, 2025

Cyber threat information law hurtles toward expiration, with poor...

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• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• data privacy
• Government
• opt out laws
• Privacy

Three states team up in investigative sweep of companies flouting data opt-out laws

Cyber Scoop September 10, 2025

Three states team up in investigative sweep of companies...

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• Cybersecurity
• data privacy
• lawsuit
• Meta
• Privacy
• social media
• social media security
• WhatsApp

Former Meta security chief sues company for privacy violations, professional retaliation

Cyber Scoop September 9, 2025

Former Meta security chief sues company for privacy violations,...

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• Apitor
• COPPA
• FTC
• Privacy

FTC announces settlement with toy robot makers that tracked location of children

Cyber Scoop September 3, 2025

FTC announces settlement with toy robot makers that tracked...

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• antitrust
• Apple
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Defense Intelligence Agency
• Department of Defense (DOD)
• Epic Games
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
• Financial
• Fortnite
• Google
• Google Play Store
• National Security Council (NSC)
• Privacy
• Tatyana Bolton
• Technology
• Threats
• U.S. courts

Court ruling in Epic-Google fight could have ‘catastrophic’ cyber consequences, former gov’t officials say

Cyber Scoop August 26, 2025

Court ruling in Epic-Google fight could have ‘catastrophic’ cyber...

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