The Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability (PPSA) is asking a DC federal court to compel the top federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies to search for records related to how they acquire and use the private, personal information of 110 Members of Congress purchased from third-party data brokers. In a Freedom of Information Act…
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LinkNYC Is A Privacy Disaster. Here’s Why
Daniel Schwarz, Senior Privacy & Technology Strategist, Policy and Simon McCormack, Senior Writer, Communications, of NYCLU write: From its inception, LinkNYC – the public WiFi kiosks that are run by a consortium of companies including Google subsidiary Sidewalk Labs – have always posed a threat to privacy. But after nine years of operation and a…
Lawyer: Feds now investigating release of trans medical records by Vanderbilt
Nick Beres reports: A federal investigation is now underway into the controversial release of medical records from Vanderbilt’s transgender clinic, according to a local attorney. That release of records came at the request of Tennessee attorney general Jonathan Skrmetti. The question is did the request and release go too far and violate privacy laws? What…
NY dad of boy with autism sues school district for ‘stigmatizing’ privacy breach
Sofia Barnett reports: A Long Island teacher revealed a teen’s autism diagnosis in an online article in which she used his full name and made “disparaging and condescending remarks,” according to a lawsuit. Jennifer Ingold’s piece, “Sealing Civic Readiness in Our Middle Schools” was published May 18, 2022, on the education news site MiddleWeb.com and…