We’ve all noted the increase in surveillance during the pandemic, especially with use of location data for track and trace. But while you were looking over THERE, the government is quietly looking to expand other surveillance systems. Felipe De La Hoz reports: Through a little-discussed potential bureaucratic rule change, the Department of Homeland Security is planning…
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How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps
Joseph Cox reports: The U.S. military is buying the granular movement data of people around the world, harvested from innocuous-seeming apps, Motherboard has learned. The most popular app among a group Motherboard analyzed connected to this sort of data sale is a Muslim prayer and Quran app that has more than 98 million downloads worldwide….
Personally identifiable information concerning a deceased former student cannot be released without the student’s consent
Warren Grody of Bricker & Eckler writes: In a rare case where the Ohio Supreme Court’s analysis primarily focused on the Ohio Student Privacy Act, R.C. 3319.321 (OSPA), the Court determined the Act’s provisions apply to the records of a former student, even when the student is deceased. In doing so, the Court demonstrated that, under…
The iOS Covid App Ecosystem Has Become a Privacy Minefield
Andy Greenberg reports: WHEN THE NOTION of enlisting smartphones to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic first surfaced last spring, it sparked a months-long debate: Should apps collect location data, which could help with contact tracing but potentially reveal sensitive information? Or should they take a more limited approach, only measuring Bluetooth-based proximity to other phones? Now, a broad…