Jack Horgan-Jones reports: The State has been told it must delete data held on 3.2 million citizens, which was gathered as part of the roll-out of the Public Services Card, as there is no lawful basis for retaining it. In a highly critical report on its investigation into the card, the Data Protection Commission found…
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Cybersecurity Australia ruled that employees can refuse to provide biometric data to employers
Al Restar reports: The Australian court ruled that employees are allowed to refuse to provide biometric data to their employees. The ruling follows the lawsuit filed by Jeremy Lee getting fired from his previous job due to his refusal of providing his fingerprint samples for the company’s newly installed fingerprint login system. Jeremy Lee from…
Surveillance cameras in Allegheny County use hackable Chinese tech and can recognize faces
Mike Wereschagin reports: The district attorney for Pennsylvania’s second-most-populous county has assembled a network of advanced surveillance cameras in and around Pittsburgh and has enlisted colleagues in four surrounding counties to extend its reach into their jurisdictions. This is somewhat terrifying that a county district attorney could put the entire population of that county or…
California Supreme Court Blocks Sweeping Search Condition of Minors’ Electronic Devices and Social Media Accounts
Jamie Williams shared the great news on August 15: The California Supreme Court just rejected the government’s attempt to require a youth probationer, as a condition of release, to submit to random searches of his electronic devices and social media accounts. The trial court had imposed the condition because the judge believed teenagers “typically will…