Lisa Fitzgerald and Steven Li of Norton Rose Fulbright write: The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has issued guidance to private sector organisations who are considering using facial recognition technology (FRT) for identification purposes in commercial or retail settings. The guidance follows a determination of the Privacy Commissioner which found that the use…
Category: Surveillance
Senators want to block data brokers from selling health and location data
Suzanne Smalley reports: Senate Democrats introduced a bill on Tuesday that would prohibit data brokers from selling or transferring location and health data and provide the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with $1 billion for enforcement. The bill also would give the FTC, state attorneys general and victims of data broker abuses the right to sue brokers for…
Senators propose a compromise over hot-button Section 702 renewal
Martin Matishak reports: A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators on Thursday attempted to break a monthslong logjam over extending a controversial surveillance program by introducing compromise legislation to win over privacy and national security hawks. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) proposed a measure to reauthorize and reform Section 702 of the…
New Android spyware found on phone seized by Russian FSB
Bill Toulas reports: After a Russian programmer was detained by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) for fifteen days and his phone confiscated, it was discovered that a new spyware was secretly installed on his device upon its return. The programmer, Kirill Parubets, was arrested by the FSB after being accused of donating to Ukraine. After regaining…