digital privacy
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Cynthia Coffman among attorneys general demanding answers from Facebook on data harvest
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DENVER – Attorneys general from 37 states and territories, including Colorado’s Cynthia Coffman, joined the clamor Monday calling on Facebook to explain its privacy policies and business practices, including how personal data belonging at least 50 million users wound up in the hands of a firm tied to the Trump campaign. The pressure from the…
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Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet blasts White House election commission as a ‘taxpayer-funded fishing expedition’
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Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat, on Tuesday tore into the White House election commission that asked last week for detailed voter registration data from all 50 states, saying the request “raises serious privacy concerns” and could dampen voter participation. The bipartisan Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, chaired by Vice President Mike Pence…
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Polis signs on to bill to protect against phone searches at airports, borders
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Colorado U.S. Rep. Jared Polis has joined a bipartisan effort on Capitol Hill to protect mobile phones from national border and airport searches, his office announced Tuesday. “The government should not have the right to access your personal electronic devices without probable cause,” he said. “Whether you are at home, walking down the street, or…
