Seen on Papers, Please! Complaints filed today in German courts and administrative complaints to data protection authorities in Austria challenge government access to and use and retention of Passenger Name Record data (commercial airline reservation records) as a violation of fundamental rights guaranteed by European Union, German, and Austrian law Read more on Papers, Please!
Category: Govt
San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition Technology
Kate Conger, Richard Fausset and Serge F. Kovaleski report: San Francisco, long at the heart of the technology revolution, took a stand against potential abuse on Tuesday by banning the use of facial recognition software by the police and other agencies. The action, which came in an 8-to-1 vote by the Board of Supervisors, makes…
66,300 Marylanders could have their driver’s licenses recalled next month because….. reasons.
Cue “The Twilight Zone” theme. What happens if the federal government changes its mind about what documentation you need to provide to get a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license or identity card, but they change their mind AFTER you’ve already been issued a license or card that was given to you by your state as REAL-ID…
FCC Commissioners Say the Agency Won’t Tell Them About Phone Location Data Investigation
Joseph Cox reports: Two Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission say that the agency has not been forthcoming about its investigation into the sale of consumers’ real-time cell phone location data by AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile. The commissioners told Motherboard that they don’t have insight into what’s actually being investigated. It appears the investigation…