Pam Dixon and Bob Gellman write: The Privacy Act of 1974 is an orphan. At a time when privacy is a hot legislative topic just about everywhere, almost no one has examined the Privacy Act, one of the oldest information privacy laws in the world. The act reflects the technologies of the 1970s, like ancient…
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Clearview AI Hit by Wave of European Privacy Complaints
Stephanie Bodoni reports: Clearview AI Inc. was hit by a wave of complaints across Europe for allegedly breaking the region’s tough privacy laws by scraping billions of facial images from social-media profiles and the internet. In a concerted move on Thursday, campaigners including Privacy International and Noyb filed complaints with data watchdogs in Austria, France,…
Facing a public backlash, an Israeli spyware firm is now scoring its government customers
Jenna McLaughlin reports: When Shmuel Sunray accepted the job in the fall of 2019 as chief legal counsel for NSO Group, an Israeli spyware company accused of selling malware used against journalists and dissidents, he knew it would be a challenge. Founded in 2009 by ex-military and intelligence officers, the company created a hacking tool…
Millions of Brits ‘unwittingly tracked’ by phone after Covid jab to see if movements changed
Alex Winter reports: Millions of Brits have been unwittingly tracked by their mobile phones after getting the Covid jab, it’s reported. Health chiefs wanted the data to see if vaccinated people are moving about more after they have their inoculations. And Government scientists admitted in an official report that one in ten jabbed Brits were tracked…