This sounds great until you start wondering, “Wait a second. Did they access U.S. computers of private citizens without a warrant?” Jackson Healy reports: The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced that they had removed invasive malware from more than 4,200 U.S. computers that were targeted by hackers funded by the People’s Republic of China….
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FTC Finalizes Order Prohibiting Gravy Analytics, Venntel from Selling Sensitive Location Data
The Federal Trade Commission finalized an order prohibiting Gravy Analytics and its subsidiary Venntel from unlawfully tracking and selling sensitive location data from users, including data about consumers’ visits to health-related locations and places of worship. In a complaint first announced last month, the FTC alleged that Gravy and Venntel violated the FTC Act by unfairly selling sensitive consumer…
Arrested by AI: Police ignore standards after facial recognition matches
Douglas MacMillan, David Ovalle and Aaron Schaffer report: After two men brutally assaulted a security guard on a desolate train platform on the outskirts of St. Louis, county transit police detective Matthew Shute struggled to identify the culprits. He studied grainy surveillance videos, canvassed homeless shelters and repeatedly called the victim of the attack, who…
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Publishes Privacy Law FAQs
Hunton Andrews Kurth points us to a resource on New Jersey data privacy law: On January 6, 2025, the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Cyber Fraud Unit published a set of frequently asked questions and answers (“FAQs”) on the New Jersey Data Privacy Law (“NJDPL”). The FAQs are intended for the convenience of business that may be subject to…