Alexandra Scott, Lindsey Tonsager, Libbie Canter, and Jake Levine of Covington & Burling write: The five members of the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) were announced today. The members – who were appointed by Governor Newsom, Attorney General Becerra, Senate President pro Tempore Atkins, and Assembly Speaker Rendon – will lead the new agency, which will have…
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Italy’s privacy regulator creates emergency channel to report revenge porn and to seek its blocking
The following is a translation of an important notice from the Italian guarantor: Against revenge porn, one of the most hateful forms of violence against women and, more generally, against non-consensual pornography, the Guarantor for the protection of personal data has decided to make an emergency channel available on its site. People who fear that their…
Private information in public spaces: Facial recognition in the times of smart urban governance
Novaes, Juliana. Private information in public spaces: Facial recognition in the times of smart urban governance. Abstract: Cities are the stage of a curious phenomenon in which people feel at the same time at home and like complete strangers. A city provides simultaneously the familiarity of its residents concerning places and people and the possibility…
Other privacy news of note
Reclaim Your Face wants ban on biometric surveillance ahead of new laws: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2AH0N2 Mass facial recognition is the apparatus of police states and must be regulated: https://edri.org/our-work/mass-facial-recognition-police-states/ Estonia- Government uses “secunet (facial recognition) easygates” at airports and border: https://www.secunet.com/en/products-solutions/easygate/ Germany- State Forbids Drivers From Wearing Masks, Sunglasses & Hats While Driving: https://laptrinhx.com/german-state-forbids-drivers-from-wearing-masks-sunglasses-hats-at-same-time-1397485627/ Greece- Government using facial…