Catharine Tunney reports: The makers of the now-defunct Buffalo Tracks app — a sort of Yelp for RCMP detachments — say they fear candid comments left on the application will be used against them by RCMP brass. The app allowed serving officers to post and browse reviews about life in detachments across the country. […] The Buffalo…
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Amazon Gets Record $888 Million EU Fine Over Data Violations
Stephanie Bodoni reports: Amazon.com Inc. faces the biggest ever European Union privacy fine after its lead privacy watchdog hit it with a 746 million-euro ($888 million) penalty for violating the bloc’s tough data protection rules. CNPD, the Luxembourg data protection authority slapped Amazon with the record fine in a July 16 decision that accused the online retailer of…
Israeli government raids NSO Group offices
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Officials from multiple Israeli government agencies have raided today the offices of surveillance software vendor NSO Group, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced today. Read more on The Record.
EFF Sues U.S. Postal Service For Records About Covert Social Media Spying Program
Service Looked Through People’s Posts Prior to Street Protests Washington D.C.—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service and its inspection agency seeking records about a covert program to secretly comb through online posts of social media users before street protests, raising concerns about chilling the privacy…