Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: The recent UK case of Soriano v Forensic News and Others tested the territorial reach of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and represents the first UK judgment dealing with the territorial scope of the GDPR. This was a “service out” case, where the claimant, Walter T. Soriano, [Read More…]
Byron Tau reports: In a new document made public Friday, the nation’s top military intelligence agency acknowledged monitoring the location of U.S.-based mobile devices without a warrant through location data drawn from ordinary smartphone apps. The Defense Intelligence Agency told congressional investigators that the agency has access to “commercially available [Read More…]
Don’t be confused by the headline. There is no implication here that Facebook has done anything wrong. When served with a warrant, they complied. Thomas Brewster reports: Despite attempts to play down the use of Facebook amongst Capitol Hill rioters, the social media giant is furnishing the feds with data [Read More…]
New article of note. I hope we can get those involved in the development of such technology, and legislators and policymakers thinking about these issues more. This article is a great starting point for them. The Ethics of Facial Recognition Technology Evan Selinger Rochester Institute of Technology – Department of [Read More…]