Joseph Cox reports: A new tool that is free to use for consumers aims to better inform people about the types of data their particular car manufacturer might be collecting and sharing about their identity and driving patterns. The Vehicle Privacy Report tool, made by automotive privacy company Privacy4Cars, is based on a manual and automatic analysis…
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Lawsuit over Orange County DNA collection program revived
Hillel Aron reports: A California appeals court revived a lawsuit Tuesday filed by two UC Irvine professors challenging the Orange County district attorney’s controversial program which takes DNA samples from people charged with misdemeanors as part of plea agreements. “Due to its complexity, a significant number of alleged misdemeanants will likely be unaware of the…
Colorado Supreme Court hears first-of-its-kind challenge to police’s use of Google search terms to ID murder suspects
Shelly Bradbury reports: The Colorado Supreme Court on Thursday grappled with privacy and freedom of speech concerns as the justices heard a legal challenge to a controversial new law enforcement technique that Denver police used to identify the three teenagers accused of killing five people in a house fire three years ago. The groundbreaking legal…
Google Beats Class Action Over Retention of Video-Viewing Info
Christopher Brown reports: Google LLC defeated a proposed class action alleging it retained information about users’ video-watching histories in violation of video-privacy laws in New York and Minnesota. Neither of the laws on which the plaintiffs based their claims—the New York Video Consumer Privacy Act and the Minnesota Video Privacy Law—contained a private right of…