Joe Cadillic writes: “Smart PGH” (Smart City) and their ‘smart spine system’ is one of the most intrusive, government funded, TOTAL surveillance networks ever dreamed up. Columbus, Ohio, actually won $50 million in DOT grant money to turn their city into a “Smart City” calling it “SmartColumbus.” The city of Columbus will receive an additional $90 million in pledges from public…
Category: Govt
AG Paxton Settles Suit with App Company, Juxta Labs, for Collecting Children’s Information
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a settlement with California app developer Juxta Labs, Inc. for violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act. Juxta Labs signed an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC), approved by the Travis Country District Court, agreeing not to collect personal information from any child under the age of 13. The AVC…
DHS Tells Congress How & Why It’s Monitoring Facebook, Twitter, Blogs
TN Note: The intelligence community keeps saying that they are not collecting random data on American Citizens and incidents like this keep popping up proving that they are brazen liars. Remember that DHS is not isolated from the rest of the intelligence community; rather, it reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence for everything it…
UK: Cumbria council’s snooping rulebook amended to allow covert Facebook surveillance
Council bosses in Cumbria can use Facebook to snoop on residents they suspect of committing an offence. New guidelines have been added to Cumbria County Council’s surveillance rule book on the issue and approved by leaders. The regulations allow county council staff to glean information from personal social media account pages as an alternative to carrying…