Kashmir Hill writes: The Senate passed a $63 billion bill Monday to provide four years of funding for the Federal Aviation Administration. One of the provisions of the Reauthorization Act is that the FAA clear the path for wider spread use of drones (a.k.a. unmanned aircraft) for governmental and commercial purposes. Within 90 days, the FAA has to speed…
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Over 3 years later, “deleted” Facebook photos are still online. Has Facebook thrown enough resources at this problem?
Jacqui Cheng reports: Facebook is still working on deleting photos from its servers in a timely manner nearly three years after Ars first brought attention to the topic. The company admitted on Friday that its older systems for storing uploaded content “did not always delete images from content delivery networks in a reasonable period of time…
ECHR rulings allow media to publish stories of public interest as long as privacy rights have been considered/balanced
The European Court of Human Rights issued two long-awaited decisions today in cases that pit media rights against individuals’ privacy interests. From the court’s press release: The European Court of Human Rights has today delivered two Grand Chamber judgments, in the cases of Axel Springer AG v. Germany (application no. 39954/08) and Von Hannover v….
Leaked memo shows Europe at odds over data retention
Jennifer Baker reports: Digital rights groups in Europe have called for a ban on blanket data retention after a leaked internal memo from the European Commission admitted that there are significant problems with the current EU Data Retention Directive. The German Working Group on Data Retention (AK Vorrat) published the leaked memo, which lists various…