The Assault on Our Privacy Is Being Conducted in Private
Central databases are exploited by criminals, governments and companies that want to part consumers from their money.
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Washington vs. Washington: How one state became the center of the tech privacy fight
The friction between state and federal laws isn’t new. But it’s escalating as state-level privacy activity grows in the absence of action from Congress.
OECD’s Government Access to Personal Data Workstream Fails to Reach Consensus
The OECD Committee on Digital Economy Policy (CDEP) held a special meeting on June 8 to consider a second update on the work of an informal drafting group on government access to personal data held by the private sector.
Health Data Sharing With Social Services Raises Privacy Concerns
Proposed changes to federal health privacy rules intended to encourage information sharing with social services agencies could pose unacceptable privacy risks.
FTC is forcing tech firms to kill their algorithms along with ill-gotten data
The Federal Trade Commission is punching right at the heart – and guts – of how data collection drives revenue for tech firms: their algorithms.
ProtonMail, DuckDuckGo, others ask EU & US regulators to ban surveillance-based advertising
A group of privacy-first tech companies have published an open letter today asking EU and US regulators to take action and ban surveillance-based advertising.
NYC biometric law enters into force
New York City biometric data protection law entered into force with anticipated impacts on local businesses and restaurants.
Privacy Shield negotiations are progressing
Hoff couldn’t give a conclusive timeline to when a new Privacy Shield agreement would be on the books, but there has not been any lull in the conversations.
Intuit to Share Payroll Data from 1.4M Small Businesses With Equifax
Financial services giant Intuit this week informed 1.4 million small businesses using its QuickBooks Online Payroll and Intuit Online Payroll products that their payroll information will be shared with big-three consumer credit bureau Equifax starting later this year unless customers opt out by the end of this month.
Colorado Becomes Third State to Pass New General Privacy Law
The bill was recently sent to the Colorado governor’s desk, where he will have until July 8 to sign or veto the bill, otherwise it will become law without his signature.
Facial Recognition Failures Are Locking People Out of Unemployment Systems
ID.me’s CEO says unemployment fraud is costing taxpayers $400 billion, but his own company is denying claims because of problems with its tech, users say.
City of Baltimore May Criminalize the Use of Facial Recognition Technologies by Businesses
The Baltimore City Council recently passed an ordinance, in a vote of 13-2, barring the use of facial recognition technology by city residents, businesses, and most of the city government (excluding the city police department) until December 2022.