Sherman Smith reports: The Kansas Attorney General’s office says in legal filings that Kris Kobach shouldn’t be held personally liable for exposing sensitive data about Kansas voters and that those affected have no constitutional right to privacy for their information. Court documents filed in recent weeks frame the state’s defense of problems associated with the…
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Tunisia: Privacy Threatened by ‘Homosexuality’ Arrests
Human Rights Watch reports: Tunisian authorities are confiscating and searching the phones of men they suspect of being gay and pressuring them to take anal tests and to confess to homosexual activity, Human Rights Watch said today. Prosecutors then use information collected in this fashion to prosecute them for homosexual acts between consenting partners, under…
Georgia posts private information of 300,000 absentee voters
Andrew Keiper reports: The office of Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp recently posted a public spreadsheet containing the home addresses and contact information of nearly 300,000 absentee voters, including disabled, elderly and active-duty military personnel. Shortly after releasing the information, he declared victory in his contentious race for governor against Democrat Stacy Abrams. The public…
Intel launches online portal for consultation on its US federal privacy law
Ryan Chiavetta reports: The push for a comprehensive federal U.S. privacy law continues to grow. Senate committees have held hearings and lawmakers have drafted bills, all in the hopes of producing the definitive set of rules. Intel has now become the latest entity to throw its proposal into the ring. The tech company has released…