Alastair Stevenson reports: Microsoft has issued a statement denying claims suggesting devices running its Windows 7 mobile operating system are illegally collecting users’ location data. […] First reported by Reuters, the new lawsuit against Microsoft was filed in a Seattle federal court Wednesday. The suit claims that Microsoft intentionally created software on its Windows 7…
Category: U.S.
Round-up of other some other privacy news this week
Great thanks to one of this blog’s regular readers for taking pity on me being knocked offline and sending me all of these wonderful links to privacy news that I missed: Lawyers Claim Montana Workers’ Compensation Investigators Violate Privacy Two Billings attorneys are asking the Montana Supreme Court to stop workers’ compensation investigators from practices…
Protecting Your Child’s Personal Information at School: A Comment on an FTC Guidance
As schools re-open, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a consumer alert for parents on how to protect your child’s information at school. I would encourage my readers who are parents to read their advice, but keep the following in mind: Although their advice sounds good, 20+ years of real-world experience suggests parents will get…
EFF to Court: Don’t Let Government Hide Illegal Surveillance
From EFF: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today to preserve lawsuits challenging the government’s illegal mass surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans. In oral arguments today, EFF asked the court to block the government’s attempt to bury the suits with claims of state secrecy and an unconstitutional…