From EPIC.org: EPIC has released a report highlighting numerous statutory authorities that the Federal Trade Commission has failed to use to safeguard privacy. The report, What the FTC Could Be Doing (But Isn’t) to Protect Privacy, identifies untapped or underused powers in the FTC’s toolbox and explains how the FTC should deploy them to protect…
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Ikea fined $1.3 million over spying campaign in France
Nicolas Vaux-Montagny reports: A French court ordered home furnishings giant Ikea to pay some 1.1 million euros ($1.3 million) in fines and damages Tuesday over a campaign to spy on union representatives, employees and some unhappy customers in France. Two former Ikea France executives were convicted and fined over the scheme and given suspended prison…
Western Australia Police refuse to apologise over COVID-19 app privacy breach
Tom Livingstone reports: Western Australia Police are standing by a decision to access personal data from the state’s COVID-19 contact tracing app in their investigation into the assassination of former Rebels bikie boss, Nick Martin. WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson told Nine Radio’s 6PR the investigators’ actions were lawful and he “expected officers to do everything possible to bring…
Supreme Court Sends Web Scraping Case Back to Lower Court
From EPIC.org: The U.S. Supreme Court has vacated the Ninth Circuit’s decision in LinkedIn v. hiQ Labs but will not decide the merits of the case, instead sending the case back to the Ninth Circuit for a new decision in light of Van Buren v. United States. EPIC had filed an amicus brief in support of the Petition for Certiorari….