Two potential class action lawsuits filed under the Washington Privacy Act caught my eye. Ford Motor Co. Accused of Violating Privacy Law by Storing Drivers Private Conversations and Releasing Them to Cops and a Private Company Anne Bradley-Smith reports: Ford Motor Company uses its infotainment system to secretly download and store drivers’ private text conversations,…
Category: Laws
EPIC, Coalition to Senators: Reject Plan Requiring SSN Collection by Peer-to-Peer Payment Services
From EPIC.org: EPIC and a coalition of privacy and consumer rights group today sent a letter to Senators Ron Wyden and Mike Crapo of the Senate Finance Committee regarding a proposal under consideration in the budget reconciliation bill to expand the mandatory reporting regime for private financial information in the United States. The proposal would require peer-to-peer…
Why a Virginia judge got it wrong on student COVID-19 data
Megan Rhyne is executive director of the Virginia Coalition for Open Government, a nonprofit alliance formed to promote expanded access to government records, meetings and other proceedings at the state and local level. She has a commentary in the Virginia Mercury that begins: Last week a Rockingham County Circuit Judge ruled in favor of James…
One U.S. state stands out in restricting corporate use of biometrics: Illinois
Michael Berens reports: When night fell, a clerk at a bustling 24-hour MotoMart flipped a switch from behind the counter. Electromagnetic locks sealed the doorway. A window sign, now illuminated in red, warned “facial recognition technology in use” and directed customers to “look up at the camera.” […] Just a few miles away, across the…