Barbara Ortutay of AP reports: More than 40 Democratic members of Congress are asking Google to stop what they see as the unnecessary collection and retention of people’s location data, arguing the information could be used to identify women seeking abortions. Read more at Boston.com
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SLAPPs: A real problem or a defendant’s wildcard? – Iain Wilson
Iain Wilson writes: In our blog In defence of privacy and the judiciary we discussed how the press had misreported the decision in HRH the Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 1810 and, with the assistance of the government, had weaponised that misreporting to lobby for the reform of privacy law. We are now seeing a…
The Handmaid’s Trail: Abortion Surveillance After Roe
Read the report by Albert Fox Cahn, Esq. and Eleni Manis, PhD, MPA at https://www.stopspying.org/handmaids-trail or download the report (18 pp, pdf) here. Great thanks to Joe Cadillic for making us aware of this one.
Israeli Ministry Illegally Shared Biometric Images of Millions With Unknown Agency
Josh Breiner and Bar Peleg report: The Population and Immigration Authority illegally shared in the past seven years the facial images of millions of Israelis with an unnamed government agency. The actions of the Interior Ministry division were disclosed in an official report published last week by Roy Friedman, the head of the Israel National…