{"id":28137,"date":"2020-09-03T15:33:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T12:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=28137"},"modified":"2025-08-27T09:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T06:56:09","slug":"coinbase-urged-to-publish-greater-transparency-in-its-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/coinbase-urged-to-publish-greater-transparency-in-its-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase urged to publish greater transparency in its operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a San Francisco-based nonprofit digital rights group, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/2020\/09\/its-past-time-coinbase-issue-transparency-reports\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">\u043f\u0440\u0438\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0430<\/a> Coinbase to publish transparency reports on its operations. The company should state how many government information requests it receives and how it handles them.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>EFF spokesperson Hailey Tsukiyama noted that crypto exchanges must understand the importance of protecting customer data privacy.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBy providing the public with information about how often law enforcement requests user data and how often exchanges comply with these requests, one can determine whether companies keep their commitments to protecting customer privacy,\u201d Tsukiyama said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>In her view, transparency reports play a vital role, furnishing detailed information about government surveillance activity.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Tsukiyama did not explicitly mention Coinbase Analytics\u2014the exchange&#8217;s on-chain analytics software that it sells to law enforcement. It is likely that in her remarks the activist was alluding to the tool.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>It was previously disclosed that Coinbase sells the software to several government agencies, including the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Secret Service. At the time, the company said that information in Coinbase Analytics \u201chas always been fully segregated from Coinbase&#8217;s internal data\u201d and \u201cdoes not include personal information\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The EFF spokesperson also noted that Kraken, a competing exchange, already publishes information on the global law-enforcement requests it receives, and Coinbase should follow suit.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Coinbase <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/brian-armstrong-coinbase-prepares-to-launch-an-ieo-platform\">prepares<\/a> to launch a platform for conducting initial exchange offerings (IEOs).<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forkloglive\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog FEED<\/a> \u2014 the full feed, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a San Francisco-based nonprofit digital rights group, has called on Coinbase to publish transparency reports on its activities. 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