Puja Amin of Womble Bond Dickinson writes about a complaint that may be of interest to some readers: … Just before the alert was sent out, Judge Katherine Polk Failla, rejected three self-represented New Yorkers’ request for a preliminary injunction to halt the test of the Presidential Alert system, apparently finding Plaintiffs’ claims “too speculative.” The…
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Canada: 2017-18 Annual Report to Parliament on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Privacy Act
For the html version on the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, click here: https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-actions-and-decisions/ar_index/201718/ar_201718/ (Alternate PDF version) Trust but verify: Rebuilding trust in the digital economy through independent, effective oversight Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada 30 Victoria Street Gatineau, QC K1A 1h2 © Her Majesty the Queen of Canada for the Office…
Mass action against Google over iPhone data blocked by London court
And while everyone runs around preparing to sue Google over its newly disclosed Google+ vulnerability that exposed hundreds of thousands of people’s data, Google caught a break in a London court today in another matter. Michael Holden and Douglas Busvine report: London’s High Court on Monday blocked an attempt to bring legal action against Alphabet…
Feds to judge: We still think we can put GPS trackers on cars entering US
Cyrus Farivar reports: A top Homeland Security Investigations official has told a federal court that it remains the agency’s policy that officers can install a GPS tracking device on cars entering the United States “without a warrant or individualized suspicion” for up to 48 hours. There is no such time limit, HSI Assistant Director Matthew…