Sam Clark reports: European police can access data on people’s phones even when they aren’t suspected of serious crimes, the EU’s top court ruled Friday. “To consider that only the fight against serious crime is capable of justifying access to data contained in a mobile telephone would unduly limit the investigative powers of the competent…
Debbie Nathan reports: It was a tip that brought a dog to the main post office in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. An employee there had reported seeing someone in the lobby putting pills into hot pink envelopes. Hours later, Ed Steed, a police officer from the small city of Richland, just south of Jackson, walked into a…
Suzanne Smalley reports: A European Commission-funded biometric “gait recognition” program to study how to more easily identify people crossing the European Union’s external borders by examining their unique walking styles kicked off Thursday. The initiative, dubbed the PopEye Project, is supported by a €3.2 million ($3.5 million) grant that covers a three-year pilot testing the…
Dean Balsamini reports: Here’s one New Yorker who is not jumping on the Mets’ bandwagon. The team uses facial recognition technology to collect information on unsuspecting Citi Field patrons, claims Chris Dowling in a new class-action lawsuit. Citi Field cameras “at the main fan entrance” collect “facial identifiers” from patrons as they enter the stadium,…