Tim Cushing writes: The DHS’s hunger for data cannot be satisfied by mandatory facial scanning at airports, cellphone scraping at border checkpoints, or the dozens of government databases crammed full of personal info it has access to. It needs more. So, it’s asking for more. More mandatory collection of biometric info from millions of people, including US citizens. The EFF is asking the…
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Senators Urge Investigation After CBP Admits to Warrantless Cell Phone Surveillance
Mila Jasper reports: Customs and Border Protection is using commercially available location data from cell phones to conduct warrantless tracking of people inside the U.S. and refused to provide lawmakers with a legal justification for these activities, according to five senators. In a letter sent Friday to Homeland Security Department Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, five Democratic senators…
China Releases First Draft of Personal Information Protection Law
Covington & Burling have published a client advisory that will be of interest to many readers. It begins: On October 21, 2020, the National People’s Congress (“NPC”), China’s top legislative body, released its first draft of the Personal Information Protection Law (the “Draft Law”) for public comment (official Chinese version available here). The period for…
The Police Can Probably Break Into Your iPhone
Jack Nicas reports that while law enforcement stokes fears of “going dark” because of inability to access encrypted iPhones, in reality, many law enforcement agencies can break into your smartphone: That is because at least 2,000 law enforcement agencies in all 50 states now have tools to get into locked, encrypted phones and extract their…