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…
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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…
Brazilian government to create single citizen database
Angelica Mari reports: The Brazilian government will create a single citizen database that will contain a wide range of personal information about the country’s population of over 200 million people, to be fully shared across departments. According to the decree signed by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, the objectives of the database include the improvement in…
UK: Man given £1.5k after discovering data breach by chance
Katy Griffin reports: A Fordingbridge man says he was “stunned” and “very upset” after discovering by chance that his medical records had been accessed and details shared without his consent. The data breach took place in 2016 but Robert Richardson found out about it more than two years later after making a Right of Access…