Edward Ongweso Jr reports: Last week, Alfi—a self-described “AI enterprise SaaS platform company powering computer vision with machine learning models”—announced a deal to give Uber and Lyft drivers 10,000 digital tablets equipped with cameras that will display ads, catalogue information about riders, and track their reactions to content. As part of a larger program, Alfi is offering…
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California Privacy Protection Agency Holds First Meeting, Preparing for Upcoming Rulemaking
Madeline Salinas, Libbie Canter, Lindsey Tonsager, Sarah Guerrero, and Alexandra Scott of Covington & Burling write: Earlier this month the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) held its inaugural public meeting. The CPPA was created under Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which was approved by California voters on November 3, 2020. At the…
Baltimore spy plane program was invasion of citizens’ privacy, court rules
Kim Lyons reports: The city of Baltimore’s spy plane program was unconstitutional, violating the Fourth Amendment protection against illegal search, and law enforcement in the city cannot use any of the data it gathered, a court ruled Thursday. The Aerial Investigation Research (or AIR) program, which used airplanes and high-resolution cameras to record what was happening…
Hot Pursuit May Still Require Warrant, High Court Rules
Samantha Hawkins reports on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Lange v. California: Raising the bar for the exception to warrant requirements under the Fourth Amendment, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled Wednesday that police should get less leeway when investigating misdemeanor crimes versus felonies in progress. “The flight of a suspected misdemeanant does not always justify a warrantless…