Dave Maass and Hayley Tsukayama write: California police and sheriffs are failing to protect the privacy of drivers on city streets, the California State Auditor’s office determined after a seven-month investigation into the use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) by the Los Angeles Police Department and three other local [Read More…]
AP reports: New York’s governor is offering to allow federal officials access to the state’s motor vehicle database but not to drivers’ Social Security numbers. It’s part of an effort to persuade the Trump administration to let state residents back into Global Entry and other frequent traveler programs. Read more [Read More…]
Nicole Wetsman reports: When someone downloads a new application, one of the first steps is usually agreeing to the terms of service of that app. That (usually mindless) sign-off creates a contract between the app company and the user. Usually, contracts happen when two parties sit down and agree on [Read More…]
Tim Cushing writes: The Supreme Court’s Carpenter decision added Fourth Amendment protections to historical cell site location information (CSLI). The Court recognized people had a privacy interest in their location info, even if it was collected and stored by third parties. This narrow finding — that historical cell site info is covered by [Read More…]