Data privacy
FILE - A woman looks at her phone as she passes an Olympic logo inside the main media center for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Jan. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
At Olympics, cybersecurity worries linger in background

By Kelvin Chan Feb. 20, 2022 10:13 PM EST

A woman looks at her phone as she passes an Olympic logo inside the main media center for the Beijing Winter Olympics Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Report: Chinese Olympic app has serious security flaws

By Alan Suderman Jan. 18, 2022 02:18 PM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, file photo, India's Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, left, and Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar address a press conference announcing new regulations for social media companies and digital streaming websites in New Delhi, India. The standoff between the Indian government and Twitter escalated Wednesday, June 16, when the country’s technology minister accused the social media giant of deliberately not complying with local laws. Prasad said Twitter has chosen “the path of deliberate defiance” when it comes to following new internet regulations that digital activists have said could curtail online speech and privacy in India. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
India says Twitter knowingly not complying with local laws

By Sheikh Saaliq Jun. 16, 2021 04:09 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 14, 2020, file photo Nevada Assemblywoman Robin Titus looks toward a colleague during the 31st Special Session of the Nevada Legislature in Carson City, Nev. Following reports that Nevada's vaccine information website planted more third-party cookies and ad trackers than any other state in the country, Republicans in the statehouse have introduced a bill to tighten the restrictions on how personal data can be collected from websites operated by government entities or other groups contracted to work on their behalf. Titus introduced a proposal Thursday, May 13, 2021, saying she requested a bill be drafted "as soon as I got wind that Nevadans seeking public COVID-19 vaccination information were being tracked." (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent via AP, Pool,File)
Nevada lawmakers push data privacy rules for gov't websites

By Sam Metz May. 14, 2021 03:04 PM EDT

A cell phone with the pilot version of the Utah's mobile ID is shown on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in West Valley City, Utah. The card that millions of people use to prove their identity to everyone from police officers to liquor store owners may soon be a thing of the past as a growing number of states develop digital driver's licenses. In Utah, over 100 people have a pilot version of the state's mobile ID, and that number is expected to grow to 10,000 by year's end. Widespread production is expected to begin at the start of 2022. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Pandemic gives boost as more states move to digital IDs

By Sophia Eppolito May. 08, 2021 11:07 AM EDT

FILE - Rows of homes, are shown in suburban Salt Lake City, on April 13, 2019. Utah is one of two Western states known for rugged landscapes and wide-open spaces that are bucking the trend of sluggish U.S. population growth. The boom there and in Idaho are accompanied by healthy economic expansion, but also concern about strain on infrastructure and soaring housing prices. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Judges hear arguments over contentious Census privacy tool

By Kim Chandler And Mike Schneider May. 03, 2021 05:17 PM EDT

Dutch customers eager for their first drink of coffee or something stronger at a cafe terrace have flocked to outdoor seating as the Netherlands' lockdown eased in Utrecht, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. The Netherlands became the latest European country to begin cautiously relaxing its lockdown even as infection rates and intensive care occupancy remain stubbornly high. The Dutch follow Italy, Greece, France and other European nations in moving to reopen society and edge away from economically crippling lockdowns in the coming weeks.(AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Dutch government pauses coronavirus app over data leak fears

By Mike Corder Apr. 29, 2021 06:03 AM EDT

Judge dismisses petition to recall Seattle School Board

Apr. 20, 2021 08:38 AM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — A King County Superior Court judge on Monday dismissed a petition to recall the Seattle School Board after a group of parents accused the board...

FILE - In this undated photo, provided by NY Governor's Press Office on Saturday March 27, 2021, is the new "Excelsior Pass" app, a digital pass that people can download to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status and allow inoculated people to more freely travel, shop and dine have become the latest flash point in America’s perpetual political wars, with Republicans portraying them as a heavy-handed intrusion into personal freedom and private health choices. (NY Governor's Press Office via AP, File)
Vaccine passports are latest flash point in COVID politics

By Mark Scolforo Apr. 03, 2021 10:21 AM EDT

In this photo from Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt answers questions at a news conference with Republican legislative leaders, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Legislators in 2020 imposed special rules for tracing the contacts of people exposed to COVID-19 to protect their privacy at the GOP attorney general's urging, and they're now considering making them permanent. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
GOP says pandemic justifies special tracing rules in Kansas

By John Hanna Mar. 31, 2021 01:56 PM EDT

FILE - This March 19, 2018, file photo shows Apple's App Store app in Baltimore. Big tech’s outsized influence over society has become one of the biggest battlefronts in state legislatures this year. Lawmakers are taking on tech and social media companies over a wide range of issues, including anti-trust, digital privacy, taxing ad sales, net neutrality and censorship (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Big Tech's outsized influence draws state-level pushback

By Bobby Caina Calvan And Marcy Gordon Mar. 27, 2021 10:30 AM EDT

People leave a vaccine clinic during a winter snow storm, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in South Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
US attorney's office eyes COVID-19 vaccine scams

Feb. 02, 2021 01:45 AM EST

WA Notify app is alerting users of virus exposures

Jan. 01, 2021 08:10 AM EST
SEATTLE (AP) — About 1.6 million people have activated or downloaded the WA Notify smartphone app created to notify people if they may have been exposed to the...

European Commissioner for Europe fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager talks during a news conference on Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool)
EU, Britain to toughen rules, fines for tech giants

By Kelvin Chan Dec. 15, 2020 07:13 AM EST

Taiwan's Digital Minister Audrey Tang speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. Tang told the AP that Taiwan plans to create an independent agency to enforce digital privacy, tackling an increasingly urgent issue as countries step up surveillance during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
AP Interview: Digital minister says Taiwan to guard privacy

By Huizhong Wu Dec. 10, 2020 07:24 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Nov. 11, 2020 06:35 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Nov. 12 South China Morning...

Dr. Sean Conley, physician to President Donald Trump, center, and other doctors, walk out to talk with reporters at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump's doctor leans on health privacy law to duck questions

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Oct. 05, 2020 07:53 PM EDT

William Oesch poses for a selfie photo on Sept. 21, 2020 in Helsinki. With no end in sight to the global pandemic, more countries and states are turning to mobile tech to help fight infections. “It’s our duty to take of care of the health of our fellow citizens and those close to us,” said William Oesch, 44, a photographer in Helsinki. (William Oesch via AP)
As Europe faces 2nd wave of virus, tracing apps lack impact

By Kelvin Chan Sep. 22, 2020 07:25 AM EDT

A briefcase of a census taker is seen as she knocks on the door of a residence Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, in Winter Park, Fla. A half-million census takers head out en mass this week to knock on the doors of households that haven't yet responded to the 2020 census. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Watchdog chastises Census for missing laptops used for count

By Mike Schneider Aug. 17, 2020 02:45 PM EDT

This combination of 2019-2020 photos shows Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. On Wednesday, July 29, 2020, the four Big Tech leaders will answer for their companies’ practices before Congress at a hearing by the House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Evan Vucci, Jeff Chiu, Jens Meyer)
Spotlight on 4 Big Tech CEOs testifying in competition probe

By Marcy Gordon Jul. 28, 2020 12:23 PM EDT