The Federal Trade Commission has barred the developers of three “stalking” apps from selling apps that monitor consumers’ mobile devices unless they take certain steps to ensure the apps will only be used for legitimate purposes. The settlement resolves allegations that these apps compromised the privacy and security of the consumer devices on which they…
Category: Govt
Department of Justice to Publish Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Comply Fully with DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005
October 21 — The Department of Justice today issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would restore to the Attorney General the authority vested in him by the bipartisan DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005 to authorize and direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to collect DNA samples from the non-United States persons it…
Opposition grows as Brazil advances single citizen database plans
Angelica Mari reports: Opposition to a presidential decree that creates a unique database with information about all Brazilian citizens has crystalized as a bill has been introduced to reverse the decision. The bill authored by congressman André Figueiredo outlined a series of concerns around the decision by president Jair Bolsonaro, which established the rules and…
911 Dispatchers To Monitor 30+ Million CCTV Cameras In Real-Time
Joe Cadillic writes: 911 dispatchers are about to join the ranks of District Attorneys (DA) using CCTV cameras to monitor the public. “The district attorney for Pennsylvania’s second-most-populous county, Stephen Zappala Jr. has assembled a network of advanced surveillance cameras in and around Pittsburgh and has enlisted colleagues in four surrounding counties to extend its reach into their…