Consumer Reports Finds Risky Permissions, Security Concerns In All Five Printer Manufacturers
CR Urges Companies to Improve Products to Protect Printer Security on Local Networks While office printer security has been a topic of concern for...
Blog Posts
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Lab Notes: January 2022
CR praises bipartisan vote to advance the American Innovation and Choice Online Act The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance a bipartisan...
A Dreamboat Authorized Agent Process
In fall 2021, Consumer Reports Digital Lab launched a study to understand more about the data rights provided to consumers under the California...
Data Rights Protocol and Global Privacy Control
Consumer Reports’ Digital Lab recently announced the Data Rights Protocol (DRP), a cross-sector initiative that seeks to standardize data rights...
Operation Dog Spit
This post shares some background on the challenges of testing direct to consumer DNA products, and how we met these challenges. One of the quandaries...
Lab Notes: December 2021
CR investigates impact of Amazon’s rapidly expanding warehouse network across the U.S. CR’s recent investigation uncovered the disproportionate...
Opportunity: R&D Program Support
We’re seeking a professional with great communication skills and a passion for privacy to join the Digital Lab team on a short-term contract basis....
Opportunity: Freelance Engineering Support – Permission Slip
We’re seeking a full stack software engineer with an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for privacy to provide contract engineering support to...
Consumer Reports’ Digital Lab Evaluates the Security and Privacy of VPNs Running on Windows 10
As a tech journalist, I’ve been looking into VPNs for a long time. When I joined Consumer Reports full-time in January, I was excited about digging...
Lab Notes: November 2021
CR applauds bipartisan investment in America’s broadband future The President has signed the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which includes...
Research
2024
Data Defense, Evaluating People-Search Site Removal Services
CR Vulnerability Disclosures, Video Doorbells
2023
Who Shares Your Information with Facebook? Sampling the Surveillance Economy in 2023
P2P Payment Apps: A Case Study for a Digital Finance Standard
2022
Broadband Pricing: What Consumer Reports Learned From 22,000 Internet Bills
2021
Credit Not Due: The Limitations of Popular Credit Score Apps
The State of Authorized Agent Opt-Outs Under the California Consumer Privacy Act
Effects of Varying Education Level and Job Status on Online Auto Insurance Price Quotes
Evaluating the Privacy Practices of Mental Health Apps
2000
California Consumer Privacy Act: Are Consumers' Digital Rights Protected?
Collecting #Receipts: Food Delivery Apps & Fee Transparency
White Papers
2023
2023 Consumer Cyber Readiness
A Raw Deal for US Consumers: Online platforms will make changes to better serve European Consumers but not US Consumers
Future of Memory Safety: Challenges and Recommendations
2022
Consumer Cyber Readiness
Opening Black Boxes: Addressing Legal Barriers to Public Interest Algorithmic Auditing
2021
The Case for Fair Market Rules for the Largest Online Platforms
2020
Platform Perceptions: Consumer Attitudes on Competition and Fairness in Online Platforms
Privacy Front and Center
2000
Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: The Law Must Protect Consumers’ Genetic Privacy
Understanding the Scope of Data Collection by Major Technology Platforms
The Evolution of Consumer Attitudes Toward Online Tracking, 1995-2019
Survey Data
2019
Privacy Risk Benefit Survey
Data Privacy Habits Survey
Social Media Survey
2018
Privacy Control vs. Ownership Survey
Social Media Survey
Medical Privacy Survey
Social Media and Privacy Survey
2017
Net Neutrality Survey
Privacy and Net Neutrality Survey
Government and Consumer Issues Survey
2015
