Juan Miguel and Daniel Schwarz of the NYCLU write: To protect students, New York State adopted a law in 2020 placing a moratorium on the use of invasive, biased, privacy-destroying biometric surveillance in schools. The moratorium cannot be lifted until the New York State Education Department (NYSED) issues a report on the risks and benefits of this…
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Period tracker Stardust surges following Roe reversal, but its privacy claims aren’t airtight
Sarah Perez and Zack Whittaker report: Period tracking app Stardust surged to the top of the U.S. Apple App Store in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade after the app promised it will encrypt its users’ private data to keep it out of the hands of the government. But TechCrunch found on…
Unsurprisingly, hacktivists protest the overturn of a woman’s right to her own body
The announcement appeared on the Telegram channel of a group calling themself “SiegedSec:” TIME FOR SOME 1337 H4CKTIVISM!!! (4 the record, we will still do blackhat stuff 😉 Like many, we are also pro-choice, one shouldn’t be denied access to abortion. As added pressure to the U.S government, we have leaked many internal documents and…
Congressman McHenry Releases Discussion Draft of Financial Data
Libbie Canter and Andrew Smith of Covington and Burling write: On June 23, Congressman Patrick McHenry released a discussion draft of new legislation to modernize federal financial data privacy law. The draft legislation would amend and build on the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”). The draft includes notable provisions on consumer rights, data minimization, and disclosures. It also updates…