Jon Brodkin reports: US officials say they have evidence that Huawei has backdoor access to mobile-phone networks around the world, according to a Wall Street Journal article published today. “We have evidence that Huawei has the capability secretly to access sensitive and personal information in systems it maintains and sells around the world,” US National Security Adviser…
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Lawmakers kick the can down the road on discussing the most contentious issues of privacy legislation
Lauren Feiner reports: As California’s digital privacy bill hurtles toward the first day of enforcement on July 1, federal lawmakers are under pressure to establish a national standard. Several proposals are making their way around Congress but two points of contention still threaten to hold up negotiations over new legislation. First is preemption: the question of whether…
INSIGHT: First CCPA-Related Case Foreshadows Five Issues
Ron Raether, Sadia Mirza, Oscar Figueroa, and Mary Kate Kamka of Troutman Sanders LLP write: On Feb. 3, plaintiff Bernadette Barnes filed a class action lawsuit hoping to be the first case to rely on the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The complaint was filed over a data breach that allegedly occurred before the…
Federal Agencies Use Cellphone Location Data for Immigration Enforcement
Byron Tau and Michelle Hackman report: The Trump administration has bought access to a commercial database that maps the movements of millions of cellphones in America and is using it for immigration and border enforcement, according to people familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The location data is drawn from…