Adam Schwartz of EFF writes: In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, anti-choice sheriffs and bounty hunters will try to investigate and punish abortion seekers based on their internet browsing, private messaging, and phone app location data. Legislators must act now to protect this personal data. Reproductive justice requires data privacy. That’s why EFF urges California [Read More…]
From the FTC: Commercial surveillance is the business of collecting, analyzing, and profiting from information about people. Technologies essential to everyday life also enable near constant surveillance of people’s private lives. The volume of data collected exposes people to identity thieves and hackers. Mass surveillance has heightened the risks and [Read More…]
Fog Data Science sells local police cheap access to a massive digital dragnet without well-defined rules. SAN FRANCISCO–Millions of Americans’ everyday movements can be traced by police with the click of a mouse and possibly without a warrant, thanks to a data broker that’s selling phone geolocation data to state and local [Read More…]
Radio New Zealand reports on its own breach of privacy: The Media Council has found RNZ breached its principles of privacy and confidentiality when a carelessly chosen pseudonym was used in a story. The ruling followed a complaint about a story, published in March. It reported a woman’s concern that [Read More…]