Some more headlines you may have missed in these crazy times… Cameroon To Introduce The World’s First Biometric Youth ID Card: http://www.minjec.gov.cm/index.php/fr/pts-jeunes/146-innovations-of-the-3-years-special-youth-plan https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/markets/digital-identity-and-security/government/customer-cases/new-national-identity-card-for-cameroon https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/travails-of-obtaining-cameroons-digital-national-identity-cards/ EU border agency claims biometrics framework includes safeguards: https://www.eulisa.europa.eu/Newsroom/News/Pages/The-digital-transformation-of-internal-security-in-the-EU-AI-and-the-role-of-eu-LISA.aspx Vaccine Passports Are Big Tech’s Latest Dystopian Nightmare: https://www.thedailybeast.com/vaccine-passports-are-big-techs-latest-dystopian-nightmare https://reason.com/2020/12/30/immunity-passports-may-liberate-us-from-lockdowns-or-invite-new-privacy-invasions/ Habit Tracking Apps Allows Companies To Look Into People’s Everyday Lives: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/1/2/18158989/habit-tracking-apps-new-years-resolutions…
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WhatsApp forces users to agree to share private data with Facebook
Anthony Cuthbertson reports: WhatsApp will force users to agree to its new privacy policy within the next month, or else lose access to the app. Agreeing to the terms will mean that a user’s private data, including their phone number, will be shared with Facebook, which owns WhatsApp. All users must agree to the new terms by…
California District Court Tosses Kids’ Data Collection Suit, Finds COPPA Preempts State Law
Sarah Guerrero and Lindsey Tonsager of Covington and Burling write: Judge Freeman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a class action against Google and several YouTube channel owners alleging various violations under California state law. Plaintiffs alleged Defendants infringed their children’s privacy and consumer rights by collecting personal information…
School principal ordered to pay $3.6M for sharing students’ nude pictures online
Jacqueline Gray reports: A former principal in Kentucky who is serving a nine-year federal prison sentence was ordered last week to pay $3.6 million for confiscating students’ phones and uploading their nude photos to the internet. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, six accusers named ex-LaRue County High School principal Stephen Goodlett, 40, and the LaRue…