Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity writes: On February 14, 2022, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton brought suit against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, over the company’s collection and use of biometric data. The suit alleges that Meta collected and used Texans’ facial geometry data in violation of the Texas Capture or Use of…
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Rape Victim’s DNA Used Against Her
Criminal defense attorney Scott Greenfield writes: How far does DNA travel? It’s one thing to recognize that, as a matter of science, it finds its way where it wants, but it’s another thing entirely when the police take the DNA collected from a rape victim, plug it into their DNA crime database and find that…
55 Civil Rights Groups Demand DOJ, NY Investigate AI Audio Surveillance In Prisons, Jails
StopSpying.org issued a press release yesterday that begins: (NEW YORK, NY, 2/10/2022) – Today, 55 civil rights groups and public defender offices, led by the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based anti-surveillance group, and Worth Rises, a non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to dismantling the prison industry and ending the exploitation of those it touches,…
I Used AirTags, Tiles and a GPS Tracker to Watch My Husband’s Every Move (With His Consent)
Kashmir Hill reports: In mid-January, my husband and I were having an argument. Our 1-year-old had just tested positive for Covid-19 and was occasionally grunting between breaths. I called urgent care and was told we should take her to the emergency room. But, because I had been up all night with her, I was too…