Sam Levin reports: Black drivers in California’s capital are nearly five times more likely than white motorists to get pulled over by sheriffs for traffic violations, according to a new report on racial profiling across the state. Records from the county sheriff’s departments of Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento and Riverside show that Black Californians were disproportionately stopped…
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Commentary: Keep facial recognition out of New York schools
Mahima Arya and Nina Loshkajian write: In 2020, New York became a national civil rights leader, the first state in the country to ban facial recognition in schools. But more than two years later, state officials are examining whether to reverse course and give a passing grade to this failing technology. Wasting money on biased…
Texas Sues Google for Collecting Biometric Data Without Consent
Kashmir Hill and David McCabe report: The Texas attorney general filed a privacy lawsuit against Google on Thursday, accusing the internet company of collecting Texans’ facial and voice recognition information without their explicit consent. Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general, said Google had violated a state consumer protection law that requires companies to inform citizens…
Federal Judge Says FBI Misled Magistrate When Seeking Safe Deposit Warrants, OKs Searches Anyway
Tim Cushing writes: Last March, the FBI raided a storefront safety deposit box service owned by US Private Vaults. US Private Vaults is all about privacy. It offers customers something akin to end-to-end encryption for their physical goods. Very little customer information is retained and only customers have access to their possessions. The company does…