Zach Campbell and Chris Jones report: A police investigator in Spain is trying to solve a crime, but she only has an image of a suspect’s face, caught by a nearby security camera. European police have long had access to fingerprint and DNA databases throughout the 27 countries of the European Union and, in certain…
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Kentucky Appeals Court Says Cops Need Warrants To Obtain Real-Time Cell Site Location Info
Tim Cushing writes: The Supreme Court’s Carpenter decision added Fourth Amendment protections to historical cell site location information (CSLI). The Court recognized people had a privacy interest in their location info, even if it was collected and stored by third parties. This narrow finding — that historical cell site info is covered by the Fourth Amendment — has…
Google sued by New Mexico attorney general for collecting student data through Chromebooks
Nick Statt reports: Google is facing a new lawsuit filed by the state of New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas on Thursday, alleging the company violates the privacy of students who use free Chromebooks provided to schools through the company’s G Suite for Education platform. […] The data the suit accuses Google of collecting includes sensitive information…
How to identify and remove KidsGuard ‘stalkerware’ from your phone
Important reporting and advice from Zack Whittaker, who also reported today on the stalkerware app known as KidsGuard. And if the name doesn’t sound familiar to you, don’t assume that you don’t have it on your phone. Check.