Mark Keierleber reports: When students in suburban Atlanta returned to school for in-person classes amid the pandemic, they were required to mask up, like in many places across the US. Yet in this 95,000-student district, officials took mask compliance a step further than most. Through a network of security cameras, officials harnessed artificial intelligence to…
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Federal Court Approves $1.1 Million TikTok Settlement Over Children’s Privacy Claims
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On March 25, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois approved a $1.1 million settlement with TikTok Inc. (“TikTok”) to resolve claims that TikTok collected children’s data and sold it to third parties without parental consent. Read more at Privacy & Information Security Law Blog.
Colorado braces to become refuge for abortion access if ‘Roe’ is weakened
Rae Ellen Bichell reports: With the Supreme Court expected to overturn or severely weaken its landmark Roe v. Wade decision, clinics in Colorado are preparing for an increase in the number of out-of-state residents seeking abortions, and lawmakers are cementing abortion access protections in state law. Colorado is one of the few states without any restrictions on when in…
Police Use of Forensic Genealogy Tech Raises Privacy Concerns
James Halpin reports: The bound and gagged body of Marise Ann Chiverella was still warm to the touch when police arrived at the refuse-strewn stripping hole in Hazle Twp. on the afternoon of March 18, 1964. It had only been a few hours since the 9-year-old third-grader from Hazleton had been beaten, raped and strangled…