Liisa Thomas, Kari Rollins & Charles Glove of SheppardMullin write: The FTC recently voted to authorize the use of compulsory processes—the FTC’s primary investigatory tools—on what it calls “key law enforcement priorities.” The resolutions allow investigators to take actions like issuing subpoenas and civil investigations demands (commonly referred to as “CIDs”) in a variety of…
Category: Govt
EPIC Sues Postal Service to Halt Use of Facial Recognition, Social Media Monitoring
From EPIC.org: EPIC has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service to block the use of facial recognition and social media monitoring tools under the Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP). EPIC’s case challenges the Postal Service’s failure to conduct and publish the Privacy Impact Assessment mandated by the E-Government Act before procuring and using…
UK: Revealed: anti-terror snooping law used for fly-tippers and parking
Yohannes Lowe reports: Councils have used controversial surveillance legislation to combat “low-level” offences, such as the misuse of blue badge parking permits, fly-tipping and benefit fraud, an Observer investigation has found. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) 2000 gives certain public bodies the right – under limited circumstances – to conduct surveillance activities, including for crime prevention and national…
NZ: Please explain: Privacy commissioner asks Defence about privacy breach claims
Kirsty Lawrence reports: The privacy commissioner is calling for the chief of defence to tell him what he’s planning to do to ensure service personnel’s privacy after reports that personal vaccine information was being shared among staff. In July, a letter sent to Minister of Defence Peeni Henare, which Stuff obtained, stated several members of the armed forces…