Julien Girault reports: The European Data Protection Board said Wednesday it had adopted a binding decision that will ban Facebook and Instagram owner Meta from using the personal data of users for targeted ads without their explicit consent. The order closes off the legal basis used by Meta to freely process the personal data of…
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CFPB Issues Proposed ‘Personal Financial Data Rights’ Rule
Timothy A. Butler, Benjamin M. Saul, Tarrian L. Ellis, and Matthew M. White of Greenberg Traurig, LLP write: On Oct. 19, 2023, the CFPB released a proposed rule that, if finalized in its present form, would require covered financial institutions to provide consumers and authorized third parties with access and portability options for their financial data. The…
Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in Google search history which also implicates freedom of expression — Colorado Court
As seen on FourthAmendment.com: “First, the court concludes that, under the Colorado Constitution, the defendant has a constitutionally protected privacy interest in his Google search history even when revealed only in connection with his IP address and not his name and that, under both the Colorado Constitution and the Fourth Amendment, he also has a…
The TSA wants to put a government tracking app on your smartphone
Edward Hasbrouck writes: Today the Identity Project submitted our comments to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on the TSA’s proposed rules for “mobile driver’s licenses”. The term “mobile driver’s license” is highly misleading. The model Electronic Credential Act drafted by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) to authorize the issuance of these digital credentials and installation (“provisioning”) of government-provided…