Will Feuer reports: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ordering airlines to turn over the names of passengers who have recently been in any of eight southern African countries where the COVID-19 Omicron variant is known to be spreading. The CDC issued the directive to airlines late Tuesday, according to [Read More…]
A new policy may simultaneously please privacy advocates in principle while concerning civil libertarians and free speech advocates. Kate Conger reports: A sweeping expansion of Twitter’s policy against posting private information was met with backlash shortly after the company announced it on Tuesday, as Twitter users questioned whether the policy [Read More…]
Byron Tau reports: A company that collects and sells consumer information gleaned from cellphones said it was the source of some of the advertising data used by the Department of Homeland Security and other government entities to track mobile phones without warrants, shedding new light on how device location data is [Read More…]
November 16, CHICAGO — Taking a cheek swab and sending it to a mail-order DNA testing company takes only a few minutes, but the information might live on forever—and become widely available. At its Interim Special meeting, the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates expressed concern that the privacy [Read More…]