Jonathan Stempel reports: Google was sued on Tuesday in a proposed class action accusing the internet search company of illegally invading the privacy of millions of users by pervasively tracking their internet use through browsers set in “private” mode. Read more on Reuters. The case is Brown et al v Google LLC et al, U.S….
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Other privacy news you may have missed this past week…
With so much understandable coverage of protests in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by a now-former police officer, many of us didn’t keep up with a lot of other news last week. Here are some of the headlines that Joe Cadillic compiled for the week: 5 big EU countries blast Big Tech…
NYPD Union Doxes Mayor’s Daughter on Twitter
Dell Cameron reports: A New York City Police Department (NYPD) union known for its controversial attacks against Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted out the personally identifying information of his daughter on Sunday night, including a residential address and her New York State ID number. The tweet by the Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA), which in February…
Minnesota is now using contact tracing to track protestors, as demonstrations escalate
Andy Meek reports: As the Minnesota protests have spilled across the country, fueled by protestors angered over the police killing of an unarmed Minneapolis man named George Floyd, the protests have morphed into marches and demonstrations that have turned violent everywhere from New York City to Los Angeles. Curfews are being imposed in major cities around…