Jeevan Hariharan writes: Next week, on 30 November and 1 December 2021, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in ZXC v Bloomberg LP. The case gives the court an opportunity to answer one of the most important questions which has emerged in English privacy law in recent years: does a person who has not been…
Category: Govt
How Cellphone Data Collected for Advertising Landed at U.S. Government Agencies
Byron Tau reports: A company that collects and sells consumer information gleaned from cellphones said it was the source of some of the advertising data used by the Department of Homeland Security and other government entities to track mobile phones without warrants, shedding new light on how device location data is harvested and sold in a…
U.S. FTC recommended lawsuit against Amazon over privacy breaches at Ring – the Information
Reuters reports: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recommended filing a lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc over privacy and data security breaches in the e-commerce giant’s home security unit, Ring, earlier this year, the Information reported on Monday. FTC Chair Lina Khan, however, moved to suspend the recommendation following settlement negotiations with Amazon, according to the report…
Buying Data and the Fourth Amendment
As tweeted by Orin Kerr: The final version of my essay, “Buying Data and the Fourth Amendment,” has been posted. The essay asks: Does the 4th Amendment permit the government to buy location data without a warrant? And it answers: Yes, it does. https://t.co/EnAGpm0GFU (cc @jacklgoldsmith) pic.twitter.com/7hXRSqUkJy — Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr) November 18, 2021 Direct…