David Shepardson reports: The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google resolving a dispute with the search engine giant over the loss of data responsive to a 2016 search warrant. The government said it was a “first-of-its-kind resolution” that would result in Google reforming “its legal process compliance…
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Lawmakers trip over privacy and security of digital dollar
Caitlin Reilly reports: Lawmakers from both parties say the Federal Reserve needs legislative authority to issue a digital dollar, but the two sides have so far been unable to find a balance between privacy and security that could overcome the partisan divide. The gap also appears to be widening, potentially stopping a digital currency before…
What is Fog Reveal? A legal scholar explains the app some police forces are using to track people without a warrant
Anne Toomey McKenna writes: Government agencies and private security companies in the U.S. have found a cost-effective way to engage in warrantless surveillance of individuals, groups and places: a pay-for-access web tool called Fog Reveal. The tool enables law enforcement officers to see “patterns of life” – where and when people work and live, with whom…
California sheriff’s office stops Black drivers five times more often than white people, data shows
Sam Levin reports: Black drivers in California’s capital are nearly five times more likely than white motorists to get pulled over by sheriffs for traffic violations, according to a new report on racial profiling across the state. Records from the county sheriff’s departments of Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento and Riverside show that Black Californians were disproportionately stopped…