Edward Hasbrouck writes: Putting government surveillance and control of travelers ahead of what is supposed to be their mission of protecting of the public against infectious diseases, the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ordered that, effective today, all air travelers must risk their lives by removing their face masks on demand of Transportation…
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Marketing Company Agrees to Pay $150 Million for Facilitating Elder Fraud Schemes
January 27 — Epsilon Data Management LLC (Epsilon), one of the largest marketing companies in the world, has entered into a settlement with the Department of Justice to resolve a criminal charge for selling millions of Americans’ information to perpetrators of elder fraud schemes. Epsilon entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the Consumer…
Amazon says government demands for user data spiked by 800% in 2020
Zack Whittaker reports: New transparency figures released by Amazon show the company responded to a record number of government data demands in the last six months of 2020. The new figures land in the company’s bi-annual transparency report published to Amazon’s website over the weekend. Read more on TechCrunch.
PH: Experts warn on risks of mandatory SIM card registration
Vanne Elaine Terrazola Telecommunications and privacy experts warned the Senate on Wednesday that the proposed mandatory SIM card registration could pose risks to free speech and privacy. The Senate public services committee led by Senator Grace Poe discussed the bills seeking to require prepaid mobile phone users to register their subscriber identity module, or SIM cards,…