Jack Gillum reports: In the hours after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal authorities were monitoring social media to gather intelligence about nationwide protests and possible violence. Madeline Walker learned the feds were trawling the internet first-hand, when one of them knocked on her door. After the Supreme Court declared that the…
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States Rolling Out Digital Identity Cards Promise User Privacy
Andrea Vittorio reports: States launching digital versions of a driver’s license are championing the credentials as a way to keep personal information more private and secure, though nationwide adoption will depend on coalescing around a common standard for how the identification cards are built and used. Mobile driver’s licenses are meant to be more fraud-resistant…
California Privacy Protection Agency Amends Proposed CPRA Regulations
Linn Foster Freedman, Kathryn Rattigan, and Blair Robinson (non-lawyer intern) of Robinson + Cole write: Last week, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released updated California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) draft regulations and a summary of the changes. The regulations remain in the proposal stage and it is unclear when to expect finalized rules, although…
Guest list subpoena creates slippery slope for student privacy
Griffen Smith writes: Last week, more than 150 students got an unusual email from the University of Montana. It wasn’t to share important academic information, or update students on a private matter, but informed students that their names would be shared with attorneys defending a former UM student accused of rape. What did all these…