July 13, 2020 – San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), in partnership with the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, today launched the largest-ever collection of searchable data on police use of surveillance technologies, created as a tool for the public to learn about facial recognition, drones, license plate readers, and…
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EU court voids data-sharing pact with the U.S. in Facebook privacy case
Silvia Amaro reports: A top European court ruled Thursday that companies moving personal user data from the EU to other jurisdictions will have to provide the same protections given inside the bloc. The ruling could impact how companies transfer European users’ data to the United States and other countries, such as the U.K. Read more…
Intentional privacy breach?: Govt considers releasing patients’ personal data
And this, kids, is a great reminder of why people can never really trust their government with their health/medical information. They may collect it with a set of promises about confidentiality and then decide they can violate their promises. Or in some cases, there may be no law at all specifically protecting your medical info…
South Korean regulator fines TikTok over mishandling child data
Cho Mu-Hyun reports: Video sharing platform TikTok has been fined by a South Korea regulator for mishandling child data. The Korea Communications Commission (KCC), the country’s telecommunications watchdog, said it has fined the company 186 million won — around $155,000 — for failing to protect users’ private data. Read more on ZDNet.