Daniel Castro of Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) writes: PART 1: STATE PREEMPTION AND PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION Congress reached a major milestone in the effort to create a comprehensive federal data privacy law last week when House Energy and Commerce Chair Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), ranking member Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and…
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Colorado Law Restricts Use of Facial Recognition Technology by Government Agencies
Linn Foster Freedman of Robinson + Cole writes: Ramping up the state’s continued focus on data privacy, on June 8, 2022, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed legislation aimed at limiting the use of facial recognition technology by government agencies and state institutions of higher education. The new law, SB 113, requires an agency, defined as “an…
Privacy isn’t in the Constitution – but it’s everywhere in constitutional law
Privacy isn’t in the Constitution – but it’s everywhere in constitutional law Who’s allowed to watch what you do and say? Shannon Fagan/The Image Bank via Getty Images Scott Skinner-Thompson, University of Colorado Boulder Almost all American adults – including parents, medical patients and people who are sexually active – regularly exercise their right to privacy,…
How the Federal Government Buys Our Cell Phone Location Data
By Bennett Cyphers Over the past few years, data brokers and federal military, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies have formed a vast, secretive partnership to surveil the movements of millions of people. Many of the mobile apps on our cell phones track our movements with great precision and frequency. Data brokers harvest our location data…