Sabrina I. Pacifici points us to an article by Todd Feathers on Gizmodo: A bipartisan group of 12 senators has urged the Transportation Security Administration’s inspector general to investigate the agency’s use of facial recognition, saying it poses a significant threat to privacy and civil liberties. Their letter comes just before one of the busiest travel periods…
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Litigation Under Wiretap Law and What Website Owners Need to Know
Jason C. Gavejian and Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis write: Massachusetts’ highest court recently issued an opinion that delves into the complex intersection of privacy law and modern technology. The case centers around whether the collection and transmission of users’ web browsing activities to third parties without their consent constitutes a violation of the Massachusetts…
Crypto Privacy Scores Big Legal Win
Alex Dovbnya reports: The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled against the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), siding with six plaintiffs-appellants. The court determined that immutable smart contract protocols are not “property” subject to sanctions “because they are not capable of being owned” and struck down OFAC’s…
Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit to proceed against Meta
Oops. Never hit “publish’ on this and just discovered it stilling in pending posts. AP reports: The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm. The justices heard arguments in November in Meta’s bid to shut down the lawsuit. On…