Mike Maharrey writes: A bill introduced in the Oregon Senate would ban the warrantless use of stingray devices for location tracking or to sweep up electronic communications in most situations. The proposed law would not only protect privacy in Oregon, but it would also hinder one aspect of the federal surveillance state. Sen. Tim Knopp (R-Bend) introduced…
Category: Govt
Pressure Mounts on Amazon, Microsoft, and Google Against Selling Facial Recognition to the Government
From the ACLU: A coalition of over 85 racial justice, faith, and civil, human, and immigrants’ rights groups today sent letters to Microsoft, Amazon, and Google demanding the companies commit not to sell face surveillance technology to the government. The coalition makes it clear to each company that a decision to provide face surveillance technology…
Ajit Pai gives carriers free pass on privacy violations during FCC shutdown
Jon Brodkin reports: Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai refused a Democratic lawmaker’s request to immediately address a privacy scandal involving wireless carriers, saying that it can wait until after the government shutdown is over. A Motherboard investigation published last week found that T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T are still selling their mobile customers’ real-time location…
Brazil Creates a Data Protection Authority
Isabel Carvalho and Rafael Loureiro of Hogan Lovells write: On 14 August 2018 Brazil approved its new General Data Privacy Law (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais or “LGPD”) – a comprehensive law that closely mirrors the European Union’s General Data Privacy Regulation (“GDPR”). Although the LGPD significantly expands Brazil’s data protection framework and…