On August 16, this site noted that Kochava was suing the Federal Trade Commission in response to a proposed injunction. Today, the FTC announced it was suing Kochava: The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against data broker Kochava Inc. for selling geolocation data from hundreds of millions of mobile devices that can be used…
Category: Govt
Lawmakers Demand FBI, DHS, and Others Reveal Purchases of Personal Data That Circumvent Warrants
Dell Cameron reports: Two top Democrats in the House of Representatives have issued requests to a host of federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Department of Homeland Security, demanding details of alleged purchases of Americans’ personal data. The lawmakers accuse the seven federal agencies of using commercial dealings with data brokers and so-called…
Court Authorizes Service of John Doe Summons Seeking the Identities of U.S. Taxpayers Who Have Used SFOX Cryptocurrency Dealer
On Aug. 15, 2022, a federal court in the Central District of California entered an order authorizing the IRS to serve a John Doe summons on SFOX, a cryptocurrency prime dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California, seeking information about U.S. taxpayers who conducted at least the equivalent of $20,000 in transactions in cryptocurrency between 2016…
WA Health sorry over monkeypox data breach
Michael Ramsey reports: Western Australia’s health department has apologised for accidentally leaking the personal details of passengers aboard a flight carrying a person infected with monkeypox. A woman who travelled on the flight from Doha last week said she received the document in an email from WA Health. It contained the personal information of 47…