Kat Jercich reports: In a class action filed this week, healthcare workers alleged that their Amazon Alexa-enabled devices may have recorded their conversations – including potentially protected information. Some of the plaintiffs, who include a substance abuse counselor and a healthcare customer service representative, say they work with HIPAA-protected information. Others say they have private conversations…
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Georgia Supreme Court Overturns Computer Crime Conviction For Man Who Copied Himself On Emails Sent To His Boss
Tim Cushing explains: It’s not just the CFAA that can be abused. This law — recently trimmed a bit by the US Supreme Court — has been abused for years to go after web scrapers, researchers, and information-wants-to-be-free activists. The recent ruling does narrow the scope of that law a bit, but the CFAA still has the potential to do serious…
Comedian Kathy Griffin Beats Neighbor’s Invasion of Privacy Suit
Maeve Allsup reports: Comedian Kathy Griffin won’t face invasion of privacy claims after a California appellate court Thursday tossed a lawsuit alleging she used security cameras to record her then-neighbor, businessman Jeffrey Mezger, and his family in their backyard. In a 2018 lawsuit, Mezger alleged Griffin and her now-husband moved into the house next to…
Six Federal Agencies Used Facial Recognition On George Floyd Protestors
Radhamely De Leon reports: Six federal agencies including the FBI have reported using facial recognition technology on images from the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests that followed the police murder of George Floyd, according to a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). The report shows that many of the agencies reported using the controversial technology for…