Tim Johnson reports: Dozens of lawmakers in Congress are using tracking tools on their campaign websites to collect personal information about online visitors, including some legislators who have lambasted Facebook and other social media companies for employing similar methods. The revelations underscore how critical internet tracking has become to politicians who seek information on voters…
Category: Govt
UK: ICO finds Metropolitan Police Service’s Gangs Matrix breached data protection laws
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: An investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found that the Metropolitan Police Service’s (MPS) use of the Gangs Matrix led to multiple and serious breaches of data protection laws. The investigation into the Gangs Matrix, a database that records intelligence related to alleged gang members, began in October 2017…
Kansas AG’s office: No right to privacy for voter data
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…
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…