Caroline Haskins reports that Somerville, Massachusetts is now the second U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition in public spaces. The “Face Surveillance Full Ban Ordinance,” which passed through Somerville’s City Council on Thursday night, forbids any “department, agency, bureau, and/or subordinate division of the City of Somerville” from using facial recognition software…
Category: Laws
Maine Enacts Broadband Privacy Law
Seen on Covington & Burling’s Inside Privacy: Earlier this month, Maine’s legislature enacted a new statute granting broad privacy rights to internet users in the state. Hailed as “the strictest consumer privacy protections in the nation,” the statute places among the toughest burdens on regulated entities to protect the data of their consumers. The statute…
French consumer group sues Google for data privacy breach
RFI reports: A French consumer group said Wednesday it is suing tech company Google for illegally farming personal data in breach of EU data privacy laws. The class action suit was filed to “end the insidious exploitation of users’ personal data, particularly those using Android devices with a Google account, and compensate them for up…
UK: CO fines telecoms company EE Limited £100,000 for sending unlawful text messages
The Information Commissioner’s Office issued the following statement: The ICO has fined telecoms company EE Limited £100,000 for sending over 2.5 million direct marketing messages to its customers, without consent. The messages, sent in early 2018, encouraged customers to access and use the ‘My EE’ app to manage their account and also to upgrade their phone;…