Ron Hurtibise reports: It looks like Florida internet users won’t be getting paid for visiting commercial websites that track their mouse clicks and keystrokes. Activity tracking software used by wholesale club Costco did not violate a state law barring wiretapping because it doesn’t intercept any “content,” a federal judge in Fort Lauderdale has ruled. Similar…
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CBS4 Investigates: Miami Hospital Dealing With Invasion Of Privacy Issue, Disturbing Photos Of NICU Baby Posted On Nurse Sierra Samuels’ Social Media
Brooke Shafer reports: Jackson Memorial Hospital is dealing with a disturbing invasion of privacy issue after pictures of a baby born with a birth defect in their neonatal intensive care unit were posted on an employee’s social media account. Jackson Health System said that the employee is now on administrative leave. Read more on CBS4….
The detective in your DMs: Massachusetts appeal takes aim at police trawling social media, while L.A. cops are told to collect even MORE data
Thomas F. Harrison reports: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court struggled Wednesday to figure out whether police can use trickery to conduct unlimited surveillance of social media accounts even if they have no reason to think that anyone did anything wrong. The justices seemed to think that officers can generally conduct undercover operations but they were…
Third Dutch foundation joins fight for TikTok privacy compensation
DutchNews.nl reports: A third Dutch foundation has launched a legal case against Chinese social media group TikTok, saying the company illegally harvests data from its 4.5 million Dutch users. Stichting Massaschade & Consument is claiming €6bn from the popular app maker, arguing that the company should respect European privacy laws. ‘The free app profits from…