RFI reports: A French consumer group said Wednesday it is suing tech company Google for illegally farming personal data in breach of EU data privacy laws. The class action suit was filed to “end the insidious exploitation of users’ personal data, particularly those using Android devices with a Google account, and compensate them for up…
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Aggression Detectors: The Unproven, Invasive Surveillance Technology Schools Are Using to Monitor Students
By Jack Gillum and Jeff Kao of NPR. Co-published with Wired. They recommend using headphones while reading this article: Ariella Russcol specializes in drama at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Queens, New York, and the senior’s performance on this April afternoon didn’t disappoint. While the library is normally the quietest room in…
Minnesota Cop Awarded $585K After Colleagues Snooped on Her DMV Data
Louise Matsakis reports a follow-up to a snooping case previously noted on this site. In 2013, Amy Krekelberg received an unsettling notice from Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources: An employee had abused his access to a government driver’s license database and snooped on thousands of people in the state, mostly women. Krekelberg learned that she…
Legislation Seeks to Regulate Privacy and Security of Wearables and Genetic Testing Kits
Lindsey Tonsager, Anna D. Kraus and Jayne Ponder of Covington & Burling write: Last week, Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the Protecting Personal Health Data Act (S. 1842), which would provide new privacy and security rules from the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) for technologies that collect personal health…