Sharon Terlep reports: The ability to connect digitally and amass data on people who wouldn’t otherwise be customers provides a benefit to companies, which aren’t likely to see a financial windfall from their role in vaccinating the U.S. masses against Covid-19. […] Walgreens requires visitors to its website sign up for a Walgreens account to…
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Inside ‘TALON,’ the Nationwide Network of AI-Enabled Surveillance Cameras
Joseph Cox reports: “Give your neighborhood peace of mind,” an advertisement for Flock, a line of smart surveillance cameras, reads. A February promotional video claims that the company’s “mission is to eliminate nonviolent crime across the country. We can only do that by working with every neighborhood and every police department throughout the country.” Quietly, this…
Virginia Becomes the Second State with a Comprehensive Privacy Law
Kyle Dull, Kyle R. Fath, and Patrick Waldrop of BakerHostetler write: Governor Ralph Northam has signed the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA), making Virginia the second state with a comprehensive privacy law. The CDPA is inspired by both the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and General Data Protection Regulation and takes effect Jan. 1, 2023…
Phone Data Must Be Limited to Major Crime Probes, Top EU Court Says
Molly Quell reports: Personal cellphone data can be used only in the investigation of serious crimes, the EU’s high court found on Tuesday. In its decision, the European Court of Justice noted that, unless it’s for a serious crime or in the interest of public safety, countries are prohibited from obtaining location data under the European…