Joe Mullin of EFF writes: Law enforcement officials in the U.S. and U.K. have negotiated a deal that sells out the privacy rights of the public in both nations. For Americans, it will effectively abrogate Fourth Amendment protections, and subject their data to search and seizure by foreign police. This is all going to start…
Category: Laws
Florida House Moves to Block Insurers From Using DNA Testing
Bobby Caina Calvan reports: The Florida House overwhelmingly approved legislation Wednesday that would bar life insurers from using genetic testing to deny policies. The House bill would prohibit life, disability and long-term care insurers from canceling, limiting or setting premiums based on DNA testing. If the House version prevails, it would impose some of the…
Facebook Agrees to $550M Deal to Settle Biometric Suit Over ‘Tag Suggestions’
Ross Todd reports: Facebook Inc. has agreed to pay $550 million to settle claims that a feature on the social media platform runs afoul of an Illinois law regarding how companies collect and store biometric identifiers such as fingerprints and facial recognition data. Facebook’s chief financial officer Dave Wehner announced the proposed deal in an earnings…
Clearview’s Face Surveillance Shows Why We Need a Strong Federal Consumer Privacy Law
Jamie Williams writes on EFF: The New York Times’ recent story on Clearview AI, maker of a secretive facial recognition app that markets its product to law enforcement, has raised critical questions about what can be done to protect our privacy online. Clearview claims to have amassed a dataset of over three billion face images by scraping websites…