Catalin Cimpanu writes: The Russian government has submitted a bill to the Duma (the Russian Parliament) that would grant the military, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies the power to edit, anonymize, or delete the personal data of certain groups of people—presumably their own employees. At first reading, the proposed law appears to allow these agencies to freely…
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Judge partially blocks Texas abortion ban for medical emergencies, fatal diagnoses
Nadine El-Bawab reports: A Texas judge granted a temporary injunction on Texas’ multiple abortion bans on Friday, allowing abortions in cases of medical emergencies and fatal fetal diagnoses while litigation continues in an ongoing lawsuit filed by women alleging Texas’ bans put their lives in danger. The judge also denied the state’s request to throw out…
Detroit woman sues city after being falsely arrested while pregnant due to facial recognition technology
Mirna Alsharif, Cristian Santana, and Dennis Romero report: A Detroit woman is suing the city and a police detective after she was falsely arrested because of facial recognition technology while she was eight months pregnant, according to court documents. Porcha Woodruff, 32, was getting her two children ready for school on the morning of Feb….
India’s Lower House of Parliament Approves Data Privacy Bill
Sankalp Phartiyal reports: India’s lower house of parliament Monday approved a privacy bill that seeks to ease data storage, processing and transfer norms for BigTech companies as well as Indian firms seeking growth abroad. The proposed legislation, which has been years in the making, allows companies to export data to any country except those New…