Whoa. Sophia Harris reports: As more people travel with smartphones loaded with personal data, concern is mounting over Canadian border officers’ powers to search those phones — without a warrant. “The policy’s outrageous,” said Toronto business lawyer, Nick Wright. “I think that it’s a breach of our constitutional rights.” His thoughts follow a personal experience….
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UK: ICO says that voice data collected unlawfully by HMRC should be deleted
Statement from the Information Commissioner’s Office following investigation of a complaint involving Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC): An ICO investigation into HMRC’s Voice ID service was prompted by a complaint from Big Brother Watch about the department’s conduct. The investigation focused on the use of voice authentication for customer verification on some of HMRC’s…
Uber To Track Drivers And Passengers In Real-Time Using RapidSOS app
Joe Cadillic writes: Imagine calling an Uber to go to the movies and finding out that law enforcement knows who you are, where you are, where you are going and when you arrived at your destination. This is no fairy tale because Uber’s partnership with RapidSOS will allow law enforcement to know everything about you…
Given Twitter’s failure to protect people from privacy violations and harassment, Congress should repeal Section 230
There’s been some grumbling in Congress about repealing or amending Section 230 of the CDA. If it is repealed, providers and platforms might no longer have immunity from lawsuits filed over content posted by third parties. Repealing Section 230 does not touch or weaken the First Amendment. What it would do is remove a get-out-jail-free…