Do the public health consequences warrant this government action? And what are the privacy protections and data destruction conditions? Joe Cadillic sends these along: “Officials believe the local transmission is confined to a small area north of downtown Miami within a single ZIP code. However, local, state and federal health officials are continuing their investigation,…
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10K Google Wi-Fi kiosks are collecting millions of faces and MAC addresses
Joe Cadillic writes: According to a NYC. gov page, CityBridge was chosen in 2014 to offer free private Wi-Fi to NYC residents. CityBridge is a consortium of companies that includes Intersection, Qualcomm, and CIVIQ Smartscapes – to develop and operate the LinkNYC network. (the above pic. shows one of two surveillance cameras) These kiosks, called ‘Links,’ will provide the public with a fast, private Wi-Fi networkproviding free domestic calling,…
France serves notice to Mircosoft on data tracking
AFP reports: France’s National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) said in a statement it had given the US computing giant three months to comply with the French Data Protection Act to ensure user data security and confidentiality. CNIL made the demand after Microsoft launched its latest Windows 10 operating system a year ago, saying media and…
Feds ask judge to toss case about 2002 Olympics snooping claim
Lindsay Whitehurst of AP reports: The National Security Agency asked a judge Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit from a former Salt Lake City mayor who says the agency conducted a mass warrantless surveillance program during the 2002 Winter Olympics. The NSA argues the claims are implausible speculation about a program that may never have existed,…