Joe Cadillic writes: Across the country fire departments in Connecticut, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Illinois have begun encrypting their radio transmissions, effectively turning them into secret public safety organizations. The latest fire department to ‘go dark’ and hide its communications from the public is the Denver Fire Department in Colorado. The Denver Post reported that once the fire…
Category: Misc
Now, this is being proactive.
How perfect is this cartoon, provided by privacy scholar and TeachPrivacy founder Dan Solove? See more on TeachPrivacy, where you can also find information on the many privacy-related courses TeachPrivacy offers and the upcoming privacy and security conferences that Dan organizes. And if you’re going to be at the International Privacy&Security Forum in D.C. April…
TikTok Hit With $5.7 Million Fine Over Child Privacy
Krista Gmelich reports: Musical.ly, the popular teen video app now known as TikTok, will pay a record $5.7 million to settle claims by the U.S. government that it illegally collected personal information from children. Musical.ly reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission, the agency said Wednesday in a statement, resolving allegations that the social-media…
Panel scraps mental health question after law school student push
Justin Mattingly reports: The state agency that oversees qualifications for the Virginia State Bar will no longer ask students to disclose mental health treatment on their applications. In the spring, law students from across the state organized and sent letters to the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners asking it to eliminate a portion of the…