Molly Quell reports: Personal cellphone data can be used only in the investigation of serious crimes, the EU’s high court found on Tuesday. In its decision, the European Court of Justice noted that, unless it’s for a serious crime or in the interest of public safety, countries are prohibited from obtaining [Read More…]
Farrah Tomazin reports: Victoria’s human rights commission intends to use the full range of its new powers to investigate church groups and other organisations engaged in gay conversion practices, including seizing documents and pursuing them in court if they do not comply with orders. This is not going to go [Read More…]
Kashmir Hill reports: Though police have been using facial recognition technology for the last two decades to try to identify unknown people in their investigations, the practice of putting the majority of Americans into a perpetual photo lineup has gotten surprisingly little attention from lawmakers and regulators. Until now. […] A police reform bill that [Read More…]
Tim Tobin, Julian Flamant, and Filippo Raso of Hogan Lovell write: As we have previously highlighted, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) has created several new consumer rights that will require businesses to change existing California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) compliance programs. While various existing consumer CCPA rights will continue, [Read More…]