David Lee reports: Data transparency activists released a massive 600-hour leak of mostly Dallas Police Department helicopter footage, raising more questions about the city’s data security protocols three months after DPD admitted to a 22-terabyte deletion of case data that resulted in the release of criminal defendants awaiting trial. Distributed Denial of Secrets — a…
Category: Breaches
Privacy Lawsuit Based on Website Tracking by Service Provider Trimmed
Venkat Balasubramani writes: This is a lawsuit against Nike and its service provider (FullStory), which provides Nike with “session replay” functionality for its website. FullStory’s software allows Nike to capture information regarding website visitors: (1) mouse clicks, (2) keystrokes, (3) payment card information, (4) IP address, (5) location, and (6) browser type and OS. On…
Commissioner Rules Clearview AI Breached Australians’ Privacy
Asha Barbaschow reports: Remember that facial recognition startup found being used by law enforcement agencies around the world last year? Well today, Australia’s Privacy Commissioner has ruled they breached the country’s privacy laws. It was ruled Clearview AI breached Australians’ privacy by scraping their biometric information from the web and disclosing it through a facial…
Run a credit check without consent in Norway and it may cost you
Suppose a company ran a credit check on you despite the fact that you had no relationship to that company and had not requested nor consented to any credit check. What do you think the government would do to the company, if anything? Well, if you are in Norwary, the Norwegian DPA might fine that…