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Obama Pushes Consumer Privacy Bill

March 8, 2015 | 0 Comments

President Obama has introduced draft legislation intended to ease the burden on consumers who wish to view or delete personal information that companies collect and keep. The White House announced the release of the draft...

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Obama; The First Cyber President

February 23, 2015 | 0 Comments

President Obama can lay claim to the title of America’s first cyber president. Since his first election victory as our Commander-in-Chief the president has demonstrated the power of cyber space and using social media to...

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Websites that Empower Black Voters

October 25, 2014 | 0 Comments

Election season is here and on November 4th African-Americans are again offered the priceless opportunity to vote and flex our political muscles. And in this upcoming election cycle that is exactly what we need to...

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Congress Not Interested in Cyber Security

October 22, 2014 | 0 Comments

In a move to spur the move to pin and chip cards President Obama signed an executive order directing government agencies to shift to the use of chip-and-PIN cards. The order directs the use of the...

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Home Device Spying Law Gathers Dust

August 27, 2014 | 0 Comments

If black people don’t know by now then you need to wake up to this. Your home and mobile devices have been spying on you and delivering the details of your life to marketers, device...

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Online Tracking of Children Legislation

July 30, 2014 | 0 Comments

Senate bill s1700-113, “Safeguards Against Tracking Children Online” is currently being considered in the U.S. Senate. The bill is intended to ban online tracking of children. In the bill the definition of a child is...

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President Obama to Unlock Cell Phones

July 30, 2014 | 0 Comments

A bill making  it legal to unlock cell phones so they can be used on any service provider’s network has arrived at the White House. President Obama is expected to sign the legislation. The House...

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Ok black folks wake up! We live in an age of relentless information collection. Everything you do has been recorded and digitized somewhere by somebody. This information is collected for one simple reason; to know...

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In a democracy you have a right to speak and be heard. A new website has begun to funnel the voice of the voter directly to the halls of Congress. Internet start-up Countable.us is just the...

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A draft cyber security bill  is circulating in Congress that will promote information sharing on cyber threats between private industry and government by offering liability protection. The draft legislation was introduced by Senate Intelligence Committee...

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