Papers, Please! alerts us: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wants more power to require ID from travelers (“credentialing”), control who is and who is not allowed to exercise their right to travel (“vetting”), and use and share information about travelers with more third parties and for more purposes (“expanded data [Read More…]
Cynthia Kenyali reports: The government will be able to access Kenyans’ personal data if a proposed Bill is signed into law. The Bill tabled in the National Assembly on Tuesday, June 16 seeks to allow Telecommunication firms in Kenya to reveal customers’ data to the government. “Where it appears to the Cabinet Secretary [Read More…]
“We demand that you cease any and all surveilling of Americans engaged in peaceful protests.” Via Joe Cadillic
Brigid Bergin reports: The City Council wants investigations into recent privacy breaches from the NYPD, including the release last weekend of the arrest record of Chiara de Blasio, the mayor’s daughter. City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and Council member Ritchie Torres made the request to both the city’s Department of [Read More…]