[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #766: Is online privacy even achievable any more?

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OPLIN 4Cast #766: Is online privacy even achievable any more?
September 1st, 2021

[image: Digital devices and books chained together] It can be very
difficult to believe in privacy these days. At every turn, we're asked to
give up personal information to register for nearly everything online.
We're seemingly tracked down every digital path we travel. Add to that the
practically daily data breaches that hit the news, and online privacy may
appear to be merely a pipe dream. Despite the fact that the first internet
browser was introduced 30 years ago, we still don't have answers and
privacy controversies rage on.

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   - Apple Just Traded Your Privacy for $15 Billion
   <https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/apple-just-traded-your-privacy-for-15-billion.html>[Inc.]
   "You see, in addition to making ridiculous amounts of money building
   products like the iPhone, the Mac, and AirPods; distributing apps in the
   App Store; and selling subscription services, Tim Cook's Apple has
   repeatedly preached its undying commitment to user privacy. The fact that
   Apple is profiting off of Google search ads seems to be in direct
   contradiction with that commitment. "
   - U.S. Data Privacy Laws Protect Profit But Prevent Sharing Data For The
   Public Good
   <https://today.tamu.edu/2021/08/30/u-s-data-privacy-laws-protect-profit-but-prevent-sharing-data-for-the-public-good/>[Texas
   A&M Today] "U.S. data protection laws often widely permit using data for
   profit but are more restrictive of socially beneficial uses. We wanted to
   ask a simple question: Do U.S. privacy laws actually protect data in the
   ways that Americans want? Using a national survey, we found that
   the public’s preferences are inconsistent with the restrictions imposed by
   U.S. privacy laws."
   - Ohio Introduces CCPA-like Consumer Privacy Bill
   <https://www.natlawreview.com/article/ohio-introduces-ccpa-consumer-privacy-bill>
   [National Law Review] "Consumer privacy issues are as a hot as ever, and on
   the radar of the state and federal legislature alike.  Following in the
   footsteps of California, and most recently Virginia and Colorado, Ohio
   introduced a comprehensive consumer privacy bill, the Ohio Personal Privacy
   Act (the “Act”). By introducing the Act, Ohio follows the growing
   nation-wide trend towards stronger state privacy laws related to consumer
   rights."
   - A Thumbs Down for Streaming Privacy
   <https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/technology/streaming-privacy-data.html>
   [NY Times] "Common Sense Media, a nonprofit advocacy group for children and
   families, published a report this week that found that most of America’s
   popular streaming services and TV streaming gadgets such as Netflix, Roku
   and Disney+ failed to meet the group’s minimum requirements for privacy and
   security practices. The lone exception was Apple."

*From the Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - Privacy: Our Least Understood Virtue
   <https://search-ebscohost-com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=149354967&site=ehost-live>
   (DeBrabander, F. (2021). Privacy: Our Least Understood Virtue. *America*,
   *224*(4), 36–39.)
   - Comparison of Privacy Consciousness Between Younger and Older Adults
   <https://search-ebscohost-com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pbh&AN=149598401&site=ehost-live>
   (Tabata, N., Sato, H., & Ninomiya, K. (2021). Comparison of Privacy
   Consciousness Between Younger and Older Adults. *Japanese Psychological
   Research*, *63*(2), 104–110.)
   - Phone privacy game changer?
   <https://search-ebscohost-com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nfh&AN=150173087&site=ehost-live>
   (JARVIS, R. (2021). Phone Privacy Game Changer? *Good Morning America
   (ABC)*, 1.)

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