Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
According to the Intercept, the NYPD maintained until very recently a fingerprint database gathered from people charged as juveniles, in violation of state law. Microsoft has announced that it will extend California's privacy…
Chair of the Federal Election Commission Ellen L. Weintraub published an opinion piece in Washington Post in response to twitter's ban of political ads. Instead of a total ban, the Commissioner argues for…
On Oct 24, Two U.S. senators have reintroduced legislation to stop U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s growing practice of searching or seizing travelers' electronic devices at U.S. ports of entry, including…
Google published in Nature this morning that they demonstrated quantum supremacy. Some are hailing it as an enormous technical breakthrough. NordVPN's server was compromised and an encryption key was stolen.…
As noted last week, the US/UK CLOUD Act Agreement, which enables law enforcement agencies in both countries to access digital data and evidence stored within each other’s borders, was released earlier this…
The U.S. Commerce Department placed 28 Chinese business entities on a trade blacklist in connection with the mass detention and abuse of the muslim Uighur population is Xinjiang. Among the companies hit…
Apply to We Robot 2020 by October 7! Andrew Yang suggested treating data as a property right and included rights such as the right to be forgotten (Forbes). Facebook has…
A recent BuzzFeed News story demonstrated the relative ease with which people can be tracked around New York City, through a cross reference of public cameras accessed via EarthCam and Instagram stories geotagged to…
Cell-site location information (CSLI), which is often used as evidence in court to connect suspects to crime, has come under more scrutiny after it was revealed that incorrect data may…
PRG News Round Up - October 24 Ann Cavoukian, the former privacy commissioner of Ontario and key developer of the Privacy by Design movement, resigned from Sidewalk Labs. Cavoukian…