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February 25, 2019

Creation of Innovation: New Encryption Tech Preserves Privacy While Combating Spread of COVID-19

Riddhiman Das, founder of the encryption company TripleBlind, has developed a new technology that can preserve privacy when community health organizations collect vital health information from smartphones to help slow the spread of coronavirus.

April 23, 2020

Research Peek of the Week: Majority of Americans Concerned About Their Data Privacy

A recent survey finds that the majority of Americans are concerned with the collection and use of their personal data by both companies and the government.

January 29, 2020

Millennials, Generation X and Baby Boomers All Care About Online Privacy

Op-eds

While it is true millennials are the first generation to grow up with computers, the internet, and a smart device in their pocket, the belief that privacy is something they don’t care about is a myth.

January 28, 2020

Congress Is Finally Listening to Consumers on Internet Privacy

Op-eds

The House Energy & Commerce Committee released a bipartisan draft of a comprehensive consumer internet privacy bill just before 2019 year-end. With countless online privacy abuses, data misuses, and security breaches in recent years, these legislative developments are highly welcome progress.

January 15, 2020

IIA Statement on the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s Bipartisan Staff Draft of a Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Bill

The Internet Innovation Alliance applauds the House Energy & Commerce Committee staff for digging-in on the important issue of privacy in a serious, bipartisan fashion. Comprehensive, preemptive federal privacy legislation is a critical priority for consumers, entrepreneurs, and innovators.

December 18, 2019

Research Peek of the Week: Millennials Embrace the Internet, But are Concerned About Online Data Protections

The internet has become a major part of Millennials’ daily lives, but a large share is concerned about the security of their online data and the ability of social networks to protect their data.

December 12, 2019

Nationwide Internet Privacy Protections are Within Reach

Op-eds

In Congress, as with the American public, a broad consensus exists that the time is ripe for the enactment of federal consumer data privacy protections. All eyes have now turned to Sens. Cantwell and Wicker with the expectation that they will soon come forward with a bipartisan bill that can attract broad support in both the House and the Senate.

November 22, 2019

Congress Must Act to Stop Balkanization of the Internet

Op-eds

Congress should heed the broad national consensus in support of strong federal privacy protections and pass a bipartisan measure that assures consumers a constant level of protection, regardless of where they happen to be or how they access the internet.

October 30, 2019

Busting the Millennial Privacy Myth

Op-eds

The privacy concerns of Millennials are just about as strong as those of us who were born before the advent of the digital age and the construction of an internet ecosystem that now touches all of our lives.

August 28, 2019

Research Peek of the Week: Majority of U.S. Adults Support a Single, National Consumer Data Privacy Policy

A recent study conducted by CivicScience about U.S. consumers’ concerns over online data privacy found that a majority support a single, national policy addressing consumer data privacy.

July 31, 2019

Are Digital Natives Careless or Cautious With Their Data?

Op-eds

According to a new survey, the assumption that Millennials are not very concerned about online privacy because they grew up with the internet is clearly false.

July 31, 2019

This is Why Facebook’s $5 billion Fine Doesn’t Mean Your Personal Information Isn’t Still at Risk

Op-eds

In the wake of several recent data breaches by large companies, it’s time to bring privacy to the forefront of tech policy.

July 31, 2019

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