Facebook Seeks Dismissal Of Location Privacy Class-Action
Facebook is asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit claiming it wrongly collected users’ IP addresses and deduced […]
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Senate Democrats unveil priorities for federal privacy bill
A group of top Democratic senators from four key committees on Monday unveiled their priorities for the nation’s first comprehensive […]
Does the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) have teeth?
To have a meaningful impact, the CCPA must exude authority and be enforced strictly. Here is how the CCPA will show its teeth if you aren?t complying with the new law.
The NSA says it stopped tracking cellphone locations without a warrant
Last year the Supreme Court ruled, in a 5-4 decision, that a search warrant is required for law enforcement to […]
The Risks Of Law Enforcement Use Of Facial Recognition Software
Facial recognition is truly a one-of-a-kind technology — and we should treat it as such. Our faces are central to […]
US court rules against warrantless searches of phones, laptops
A federal court in Boston has ruled that warrantless U.S. government searches of the phones and laptops of international travelers […]
Data and privacy could be competition concerns
The Justice Department’s top antitrust official warned tech giants on Friday that amassing vast quantities of consumers’ data could create […]
IBM calls for regulation on facial recognition tech instead of bans
IBM wants the US government to regulate facial recognition technology, instead of banning it outright. “Precision regulation” can restrict potentially […]
The Senate’s secret algorithms bill doesn’t actually fight secret algorithms
In the case of the Filter Bubble Transparency Act, it’s not just spin; it’s an example of how badly defined […]
The DNA database used to find the Golden State Killer is a national security leak waiting to happen
A private DNA ancestry database that’s been used by police to catch criminals is a security risk from which a […]
Legislation Would Force Google and Rivals to Disclose Search Algorithms
Senate lawmakers are teeing up a bill that would require search engines to disclose the algorithms they apply in ranking […]
Regulating Facial Recognition Tech – Where Are We Now?
While there are clearly now multiple efforts to curtail the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) in the public realm, […]