Charles Meggenson reports: All 15 Republican state representatives have taken a stand against a bill they say is designed to usurp parental authority. House Bill 400, sponsored by Rep. Krista Griffith, D-Fairfax, would allow dependents on insurance policies – adults and children – to receive “confidential sensitive health care services” without notifying the policyholder. Read…
Category: Featured News
Bipartisan draft bill breaks stalemate on federal data privacy negotiations
Rebecca Kern reports: Congress has tried and failed for decades to pass a law to protect Americans’ data privacy. A bipartisan draft bill released today by key Congressional leaders suggests lawmakers are finally close to making it happen. If it becomes law, the “American Data Privacy and Protection Act,” as the bill is called, would…
A European Country Helped the FBI Intercept Anom Messages, But It Wants to Remain Hidden
Joseph Cox reports: During Operation Trojan Shield, in which the FBI secretly managed an encrypted phone company called Anom in order to spy on organized crime syndicates on a global scale, the FBI enlisted the help of an unknown third country to collect the messages from backdoored Anom devices. That country obtained court orders under its own…
Tim Hortons app collected vast amounts of sensitive data: privacy watchdogs
Canadian Press reports: Federal and provincial privacy watchdogs say the Tim Hortons mobile ordering app violated the law by collecting vast amounts of location information from customers. In an investigation finding today, privacy commissioners say people who downloaded the Tim Hortons app had their movements tracked and recorded every few minutes of the day, even…