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…
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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 If it is repealed, providers and platforms might no longer have immunity from lawsuits filed over content posted by third parties.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…
After Backlash, Personal Voter Information Is Removed by New York City
Vivian Wang reports: Bowing to fierce criticism from elected officials and privacy advocates, the New York City Board of Elections has removed the voter enrollment books that it had posted online, which had included every registered voter’s full name, party affiliation and home address. The books, spanning thousands of pages in searchable PDF format, were…