Troy Closson reports: Three years ago, Shakira Leslie was returning home from a cousin’s birthday party in the Bronx when officers pulled over her friend’s car for a traffic infraction. After she got out of the back seat, the police searched her and found nothing illegal. […] weeks later, Ms. Leslie learned new details about…
Category: U.S.
A Comprehensive Privacy Law May Be Heading for Massachusetts, And Businesses Should Prepare
This post was originally published on the MassTLC Blog. Get ready: there’s a good chance that comprehensive data privacy legislation is coming to the Commonwealth. If your business is not already compliant with the European Union’s or UK’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), or the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), then you might have some work…
California Bill Aims to Make Tech Firms Liable for Social-Media Addiction in Children
Katie Deighton reports: A pair of California lawmakers introduced a bill that aims to hold technology companies liable for social-media addictions that may affect children. The bill would let parents and guardians sue platforms that they believe addicted children in their care through advertising, push notifications and design features that promote compulsive use, particularly the…
Federal violation? Anchorage school district keeps student gender pronouns a secret from parents
Suzanne Downing reports: Parents logging into the Q/ParentConnection database in the Anchorage School District’s web pages can find up-to-date information about their students, including items such as grades, contact information, and class news. Some parents know this website as Zangle. What they don’t see is what the school district officials can see — the student’s preferred pronoun….