Grant Gross reports on yesterday’s hearing in the Senate: Congress may need to pass legislation that limits the way government agencies and private companies use facial recognition technology to identify people, a U.S. senator said Wednesday. The growing use of facial recognition technology raises serious privacy and civil liberties concerns, said Sen. Al Franken, a…
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Event in San Francisco Weds. night: Without My Consent
As someone who was the target of some very determined cyberharassers/stalkers, I know firsthand how stressful and scary online stalking can be. And I hope readers who can support Without My Consent will consider throwing a few bucks their way as they continue to develop resources on this important issue. WMC is also holding their…
Coming up this week in the Senate: What Facial Recognition Technology Means for Privacy and Civil Liberties
I won’t be online much Wednesday morning, but wanted to note this upcoming hearing: “What Facial Recognition Technology Means for Privacy and Civil Liberties” Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law DATE: July 18, 2012 TIME: 02:30 PM ROOM: Dirksen 226 OFFICIAL HEARING NOTICE / WITNESS LIST: July 11, 2012 NOTICE OF…
Dust off the proposal to revise ECPA
You can ‘t see it, but I generally stick out my tongue at stories or commentaries that talk about the “end of privacy” or “lessons learned.” But there’s an editorial in the NY Times that you might want to read as it attempts to breathe new life into a bill revising ECPA that had been…