Andrew Sheeler reports: In 2015, Democratic Elk Grove Assemblyman Jim Cooper voted for Senate Bill 34, which restricted law enforcement from sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data with out-of-state authorities. In 2023, now-Sacramento County Sheriff Cooper appears to be doing just that. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) a digital rights group, has sent Cooper…
Category: Laws
Judge Halts California Privacy Rule Enforcement Until Next March
Patrick Ambrosio reports: California’s first-in-the-nation privacy agency must wait until March 2024 to begin enforcing new regulations governing how businesses collect and use customers’ personal information, a state judge ruled. The ruling by the California Superior Court in Sacramento blocks the California Privacy Protection Agency from moving ahead with plans to begin enforcement of the rules as…
French Govt. Wants to Inject Domain Blocking Lists Directly Into Web Browsers
From TorrentFreak: A coordinated effort to associate online piracy with malware, identity theft and banking fraud, is well underway. As a result, legislation beyond copyright infringement is likely to play a key role in tackling piracy moving forward. The French government’s current plan for tackling online harms envisions state-operated domain blocking lists being injected directly…
L’Oréal Accused of Violating Privacy With Makeup ‘Try-On’ Tech
Jorja Siemons reports: L’Oréal USA Inc. has been hit with a lawsuit by an Illinois customer who said the company’s online “try-on” feature for makeup unlawfully collected and stored her biometric information. Many if not all of the companies in L’Oréal’s family of brands offer the technology, which enables customers to virtually try on products by…