Libbie Canter and Lindsey Tonsager of Covington & Burling write: With less than two months until it goes into effect, many practitioners are focused on bringing their programs into compliance with the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”) by January 1, 2020. But the rapid pace of privacy legal developments could continue next year. This past year, five…
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Two former Twitter employees and a Saudi national charged in plot to spy on users for Saudi government
From the U.S. Department of Justice, Northern District of California: SAN FRANCISCO –Ali Alzabarah, Ahmad Abouammo, and Ahmed Almutairi, a/k/a Ahmed Aljbreen, were charged for their respective roles in fraudulently accessing private information in the accounts of certain Twitter users and providing that information to officials of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, announced United States…
Judge Says Police Can Search Company’s Entire DNA Database
Sara Boboltz reports: A Florida detective successfully obtained a warrant to search the company GEDmatch’s full database of user-provided genetic information, even if users had opted out of appearing in police search results, HuffPost has confirmed. The warrant, signed by a judge in Florida’s Ninth Judicial Circuit Court in July, will likely earn praise from…
ICE investigators visited Florida school, attempted to obtain student records without subpoena
WPTV reports: Two special agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) visited an elementary school in Palm Beach County this summer and attempted to obtain information on a student without a subpoena. The School District of Palm Beach County says it did not provide the agents with the information. Read more on KSBY.