From the FTC: Rite Aid will be prohibited from using facial recognition technology for surveillance purposes for five years to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the retailer failed to implement reasonable procedures and prevent harm to consumers in its use of facial recognition technology in hundreds of stores. Rite Aid’s reckless use of facial…
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Texas and Oregon Adopt New Rules for Data Broker Laws
Kirk J. Nahra, Ali A. Jessani, and Samuel Kane of WilmerHale write: Earlier this year, Texas and Oregon each passed a data broker registration law, joining California and Vermont to double the number of states that have enacted such legislation. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 2105 into law on June 18, 2023 and the Office of…
Utah high court rules suspects don’t have to provide police with phone passcodes
Suzanne Smalley reports: The Utah Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of a defendant who had argued police could not force him to provide the passcode to his phone in order to aid their prosecution. The state’s highest court concluded that cell phone passcodes are protected under the Fifth Amendment, which gives Americans the right not to…
Complying with DPDP 2023
Diwakar Dayal reports:Complying with DPDP 2023 Since 2017, India has worked on developing its own laws on the right to privacy. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023, India’s version of Europe’s GDPR, gives Indian citizens the right to protect their own data. In August of this year, both the lower and upper houses of…