News & Commentary about Financial Privacy
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Jan 18, 2023
How the Arizona Attorney General Created a Secretive, Illegal Surveillance Program to Sweep up Millions of Our Financial Records
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Mar 28, 2022
We Need Digital Cash That is Actually Like Cash
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Oct 15, 2021
How Mastercard's New Policy Violates Sex Workers' Rights
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Aug 13, 2019
Why Don’t We Have More Privacy When We Use A Credit Card?
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Aug 12, 2019
Say No to the “Cashless Future” — and to Cashless Stores
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Oct 5, 2015
China’s Nightmarish Citizen Scores Are a Warning For Americans
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Oct 16, 2014
On the Creation of Giant Voiceprint Databases