Andy Maxwell writes: In a judgment published today, Europe’s top court concludes that suspected file-sharers can be subjected to mass surveillance and retention of their data as long as certain standards are upheld. Digital rights groups hoped to end the French ‘Hadopi’ anti-piracy scheme, claiming that it violates the fundamental right to privacy. The CJEU’s…
Category: Court
ACLU Sues NSA, Defense Department for AI Spy Program Records
Tonya Riley reports: The American Civil Liberties Union sued the National Security Agency Thursday, alleging it failed to disclose documents about its deployment of artificial intelligence under federal public records law. Transparency about the agency’s ramped-up use of AI is critical to allowing the public to understand how their rights are being affected, and the…
This may be the worst ID theft case you’ve ever read about
KCRG Staff report: A former Iowa City hospital administrator pleaded guilty on Monday to an identity theft scheme that spanned three decades and caused the victim to be falsely imprisoned for nearly two years. Officials said 58-year-old Matthew Keirans, from Hartland, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty to one count of false statement to a national credit union…
Google Agrees to Delete Web Browsing Data as it Settles ‘Incognito’ Lawsuit
Davey Alba reports: Google said it would delete millions of records of user’s browsing activities as part of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit that alleged it tracked people without their knowledge. The case, filed in 2020, alleged the Alphabet Inc. unit surreptitiously collected data from people using its popular Chrome web browser in a private “incognito” browsing…