UW Privacy Office
Looking for privacy information? UW now has a privacy office!
The cyber threat to Universities
A recent assessment of the current cyber security threat to universities and academia.
Warrant let police search online DNA database
A court overrode GEDmatch's genetic data privacy policy.
As members of the the CSE community, we all share responsibility for safeguarding personal and institutional resources. The UW Computer Science Laboratory group will assist you in any way we can, but the biggest factor in protecting your machine, your data, and that of others, is your own due diligence. The resources below as well as the UW CISO's policy page are a great place to start!
News
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Microsoft will honor California’s new privacy rights throughout the United States
The California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, goes into effect on Jan 1, 2020. -
OpenTitan – Open sourcing transparent, trustworthy, and secure silicon
Google and friends have a launched the first open source silicon root of trust project. -
Researchers hack Siri, Alexa, and Google Home by shining lasers at them
Control your voice assistant silently from hundreds of feet away with the power of lasers!