Cue “The Twilight Zone” theme. What happens if the federal government changes its mind about what documentation you need to provide to get a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license or identity card, but they change their mind AFTER you’ve already been issued a license or card that was given to you by your state as REAL-ID…
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FCC Commissioners Say the Agency Won’t Tell Them About Phone Location Data Investigation
Joseph Cox reports: Two Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission say that the agency has not been forthcoming about its investigation into the sale of consumers’ real-time cell phone location data by AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile. The commissioners told Motherboard that they don’t have insight into what’s actually being investigated. It appears the investigation…
Dutch Data Protection Authority Issues Advisory On Medical Records Under GDPR
Odia Kagan of FoxRothschild writes: “The right to be forgotten does not apply in principle to medical records. However, as a patient, you may ask your health care provider to remove data from your medical record,” according to the Dutch Data Protection Authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AG), which has issued a guidance on GDPR and medical…
Flaws in a popular GPS tracker leak real-time locations and can remotely activate its microphone
Zack Whittkaker reports: A popular GPS tracker — used as a panic alarm for elderly patients, to monitor kids, and track vehicles — contains security flaws, which security researchers say are so severe the device should be recalled. The Chinese manufactured white-label location tracker, rebranded and sold by over a dozen companies — including Pebbell…