Papers, Please! wants you to know that no matter what the TSA suggests, you don’t need to show any ID to fly: We’re quoted in an article today in the New York Times about the Federal government’s efforts to use the threat of denial of air travel to scare state legislators into connecting their state drivers license and ID…
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It can be hard as hell to get your DNA out of the FBI’s genetic database
Kashmir Hill reports: Once your DNA is the FBI’s database, you’re included in a genetic line-up every time police are looking for a suspect in a crime. And depending on the state that you live in, close family members, whose genetic information is similar to yours and so could be matched through yours, could also…
Two App Developers Settle FTC Charges They Violated Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
Another big announcement from the FTC today (the first one concerned LifeLock): Two app developers will pay a combined $360,000 in civil penalties as part of settlements with the Federal Trade Commission over charges they violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA, Rule. The terms of the settlements with LAI Systems, LLC, and Retro Dreamer, require…
FTC OKs Facial Recognition Consent under COPPA Rule
Ronald G. London and Bryan Thompson write: On November 18, the Federal Trade Commission approved a new verifiable parental consent method under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule, which will allow entities to use facial recognition technology to obtain the parental consent required under the COPPA Rule prior to collecting, using, or disclosing information on…