Papers, Please! writes: Last week a Los Angeles police officer detained the movie actress Danielle Watts and told her, “I have every right to ask for you ID…. You do not have a right to say ‘No’…. Somebody called, which gives me the right to be here, so it gives me the right to identify you by law.” In…
Category: Govt
No, Apple probably didn’t get new secret gov’t orders to hand over data
Cyrus Farivar reports: While Apple won’t confirm it, the company has removed its warrant canary from its latest transparency report, issued this week. While this could mean that the company has received a new secret government order to provide user data, there is still another more likely possibility: it’s not publishing warrant canaries at all. […] The newest…
GAO releases two reports on Secure Flight
GAO released two reports this week on the Secure Flight program and what TSA could/should do to strengthen privacy protections. The recommendations included providing job-specific privacy refresher training for Secure Flight staff, and developing a mechanism to document and track key Secure Flight privacy issues and decisions. DHS reportedly concurred with GAO’s recommendations. SECURE FLIGHT: Additional Actions…
Yelp Pays FTC $450K After Child Privacy Violation
Chris Crum reports: Yelp reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over the violation of child privacy law. The company had enabled kids under 13 (some even 9 and under reportedly) to sign up for its service, collecting their email addresses with parental consent. This apparently went on from 2009 to 2013. Yelp…