Dan Milmo explains: Apple will challenge a UK government demand to access encrypted customer data at a Royal Courts of Justice hearing in London on Friday.< The appeal will be considered by the investigatory powers tribunal, which investigates claims that the domestic intelligence services have acted unlawfully. What is the UK government asking Apple to do? The…
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UCSA Sues U.S. Department of Education Over Student Data Privacy Violations
Taylor Cusimano reports: The University of California Student Association (UCSA) has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education (ED) and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an agency tied to Elon Musk and established under the 2024 Trump administration. As a prominent student-led organization, UCSA is challenging the federal government’s management of student data. Representing over…
Geofencing, High Tech Surveillance and the Future of the Fourth Amendment
Jon L. Mills and Alexandra Williams write: Several years ago, Zack McCoy became a criminal suspect simply for riding his bike. His crime? Using a fitness app that placed him near the scene of a burglary. While McCoy was eventually cleared, his story illustrates a troubling reality: emerging surveillance technologies pose unprecedented threats to our…
Catalan court gives green light to NSO indictment
As seen on Risky Business News: A court in the Spanish region of Catalonia ordered this week that prosecutors indict three executives at Israeli spyware maker NSO Group. The court found that the three executives facilitated the unlawful surveillance of 63 Catalans following anti-government protests in the mid-2010s. The executives are NSO founders Shalev Hulio and Omri…