Devlin Barrett reports: The Trump Justice Department secretly obtained Washington Post journalists’ phone records and tried to obtain their email records over reporting they did in the early months of the Trump administration on Russia’s role in the 2016 election, according to government letters and officials. In three separate letters dated May 3 and addressed…
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FTC Finalizes Settlement with Photo App Developer Related to Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology
The Federal Trade Commission finalized a settlement with the developer of a photo app that allegedly deceived consumers about its use of facial recognition technology and its retention of the photos and videos of users who deactivated their accounts. In a complaint first announced in January 2021, the FTC alleged that Everalbum, Inc. misled users of its Ever…
Austrian DPA has option to fine Google up to €6 billion
From noyb.eu: blockquote> Google continues to send data from EU websites to the US – despite two Court of Justice rulings. Austrian Data Protection Authority could fine Google up to €6 billion. Last summer, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled – already for the second time – that US surveillance laws generally make the…
Signal’s smartass ad exposes Facebook’s creepy data collection
Thomas Macaulay reports: Facebook is notorious for generating creepily personal ads from reams of user data, but most people don’t understand how the system works. Now, an attack ad campaign by Signal has shone some light on the opaque surveillance dragnet. The privacy-focused messaging app tried to buy “multi-variant targeted” ads on Instagram to show what parent company…