How national ID systems (vaccine passports) make social protection inaccessible to vulnerable populations: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4472/exclusion-design-how-national-id-systems-make-social-protection-inaccessible UK Prime Minister: The world will “definitely” use ‘vaccination passports’ https://www.politico.eu/article/boris-johnson-gives-clearest-hint-at-introduction-of-vaccine-passports/ 56 civil rights groups ask the European Commission to ban mass facial recognition surveillance: https://edri.org/our-work/european-commission-must-ban-biometric-mass-surveillance-practices-say-56-civil-society-groups/ EU police spy on 70,000 Encrochat encrypted phones: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-40242590.html https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkdjab/encrochat-signal-protocol-encryption France- Data Protection Authority to…
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Alaska’s Consumer Data Privacy Act: Another CCPA Copycat, but With Its Own Unanswered Questions
Nancy Libin of Davis Wright Tremaine writes: Last week, Alaska joined the growing number of states considering comprehensive consumer privacy legislation when, at the behest of Governor Dunleavy, the Consumer Data Privacy Act was introduced in both chambers of the Alaska legislature. If enacted, the Act would become effective on January 1, 2023. The Act is modeled…
2021 CCPA Q1 Litigation Report: 35+ Cases Filed, Unsurprising Trend of Data Event Class Actions
Zarish Baig and Kristin L. Bryan of Squire Patton Boggs write: It has been a year for the record books for data privacy litigation (and we are only into Q2-who knows what Q3 and Q4 will bring!) CPW has been tracking significant developments in this area of the law—including in regards to the California Consumer…
Criminals Hid Guns, Cash, Drugs in Iris-Scanning Vaults in a Strip Mall, Feds Say
Matthew Gault reports: For years, U.S. Private Vaults sat in a strip mall in Beverly Hills next to a nail salon. It promised customers easy access to secure safe deposit boxes completely anonymously, and required no ID of any kind from customers. “We don’t even want to know your name,” said one advertisement. The Los Angeles…