1st Circuit Upholds Border Searches of Phones and Laptops
The ruling says customs officials can rummage through highly personal information even absent any reason to think their owner did something wrong.
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Facebook faces new UK class action after data harvesting scandal
Facebook is facing a second London High Court class action over allegations it failed to protect the personal details of about one million people in England and Wales, in the latest lawsuit to spring from a scandal over data harvesting.
EU’s lead data supervisor for most of big tech is using outdated tech
The lead data supervisor for a slew of tech giants in the European Union, including Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, TikTok and Twitter, is still relying on Lotus Notes to manage complaints and investigations lodged under the bloc’s flagship General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
EU ePrivacy Regulation takes a big leap forward to adoption
The Council of the EU has made a surprise announcement that it has approved its negotiating position on the ePrivacy Regulation, which will further reform EU cookie consent and communications content andmetadata rules in the EU.
Coronavirus accelerates contactless travel, raising privacy concerns
Hands-free check ins and face scanners are part of pandemic travel. Flying after coronavirus is set to involve far less personal contact with airline staff. Not everyone agrees that’s a good thing.
The CBP Used COVID As An Excuse To Install Facial Recognition At 76 Airports
A recent DHS report titled the “CBP Trade and Travel Report” reads like an instruction manual on how to exploit the public’s fear of COVID.
Fears over DNA privacy as 23andMe goes public in deal with Richard Branson
Genetic testing company with 10 million customers’ data has ‘huge cybersecurity implications’
Hackers tried to poison Oldsmar’s water supply
Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said the attacker tried to raise levels of sodium hydroxide, also known as lye, by a factor of more than 100.
Portugal proposes new text of ePrivacy Regulation
The Portuguese presidency of the EU has pitched a new text on the controversial ePrivacy regulation, focusing on the processing of communications metadata and data stored on end-user equipment.
Minneapolis police tapped Google to identify George Floyd protesters
Civil liberties groups have criticized the use of these dragnet search warrants.
45% of Americans have had their personal information exposed in a data breach
Over 4,500 data breaches have been made public since 2005, and 45% of Americans have had their personal information exposed in a data breach in the last five years.
The Future of AI Policy in the UK
UK’s AI Council – an independent government advisory body – published its AI Roadmap.