Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: Tell me, don’t sell me, the GDPR version. The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has imposed a fine of 525,000 euros on tennis association KNLTB for selling personal data without proper consent. In 2018, the KNLTB unlawfully provided personal data of a few hundred thousand of its members to…
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San Francisco to Pay $369,000 for Police Raid of Journalist’s Home
Nicholas Iovino reports: The city of San Francisco will pay $369,000 to settle claims over its police raid on a journalist’s home and office this past May, an action condemned by press advocates as chilling the ability of reporters to get information from anonymous sources. Police barreled through the front door of freelance reporter Bryan…
Redditor Wins Fight to Stay Anonymous
A great news press release from EFF: A Reddit commenter has won their fight to stay anonymous after facing an improper copyright claim from the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, a group that publishes doctrines for Jehovah’s Witnesses. A U.S. District Court judge has granted a motion to quash a subpoena for the identity of “Darkspilver,” a…
Schools are spying on students — but students can fight back!
EFF LAUNCHES SURVEILLANCE SELF-DEFENSE GUIDE FOR STUDENTS San Francisco – Schools across the country are increasingly using technology to spy on students at home, at school, and on social media. Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) launched a new Surveillance Self-Defense guide for students [1] and their parents, so they can learn more about how…