Josh Gerstein reports that EPIC has prevailed in a suit: A privacy protection group scored a pair of legal wins Tuesday in a court battle with the FBI over access to studies the law enforcement agency has done of how its own record-keeping systems could impact personal privacy. The Electronic Privacy Information Center sued the…
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India Begins Exposing Its Citizens’ Biometrics to Just Anybody
From the how-shortsighted-can-they-be dept.: Daniel Stacy reports: India is leapfrogging into the digital future by offering the world’s largest biometric-identity database for use by tech firms, health-care providers and novice app developers—an opportunity that excites fans of cyber transactions but worries privacy advocates. The Indian government has gathered digital-identification records, including fingerprint impressions and eye scans,…
It’s not just your privacy – it’s your freedom to travel that’s at risk
Papers, Please! has a wonderful recap of the work they’ve been doing for decades and how it relates to the current uproar over Trump’s executive order. The issues and risks, they want you to know, are much bigger than you may realize. Here’s a snippet of their piece: Here are some key things we’ve learned from…
FTC Shakeup May Shift Privacy & Data Security Enforcement – Focus on Actual Harm
D. Rockwell Brower of Polsinelli PC writes: A leadership change at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may spell relief for U.S. businesses grappling with the agency’s enforcement measures amidst an increasingly dangerous cybersecurity landscape. On January 25, 2017, President Donald Trump named Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen acting Chairman of the FTC. Ohlhausen has served at the agency in…